British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association

Incident Reports (Informal)

Incident reports received by the BHPA are available in summary form on this page. If you're looking for reports of formal investigations undertaken in the case of a serious incident, please visit our Incident Reports (formal investigations) page.

Incident reports are available in summary form for the following wing types:

• All Wing Types
• Paraglider
• Flexwing Hang Glider
• Rigid Hang Glider
• Speedrider
• Speedflyer/Miniwing
• Powered PG
• Powered HG
• Other

Incident reports for all wing types are displayed below in summary form.

The BHPA incident reports database is fully searchable. To refine your search you can specify a particular wing type and select "or" or "and". For example, if you want to search for paraglider incidents at Hay Bluff, for best search results select paraglider from the drop down list and the "and" option.

If you want to search by incident date, please enter the day, month and year numerically as dd-mm-yyyy (eg. 03-12-2019).

All Wing Types Paraglider Flexwing Hang Glider Rigid Hang Glider Speedrider Speedflyer/Miniwing Powered PG Powered HG Other

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If known, total hours and total flights flown are displayed below together with hours and flights flown in the past six months, the latter being displayed in brackets.

There are 3239 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 19.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 47 Flying Experience: 7 years 6 flights (6 flights)	Location Darley Moor Airfield, Ashbourne, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom 3	Summary Forward launch on winch. Wing off line to right. Pilot control input to the right causing wing to go towards lock out. Operator guillotined. Student instructed to pull left and finally instructed to PLF.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 18.05.2018	Pilot Male	Location Derbyshire, UK	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Unknown Launch Type: Powered Engine: Zanzoterra	Summary Pilot was reported to have been attempting to start his paramotor engine on the ground (not on his back) when the incident occurred. He sustained fatal head injuries when the prop came into contact with his head. Post incident inspection of the motor revealed the throttle handle was locked at half throttle position. The unit was fitted with an electric start system and showed signs of previous damage to one the cage upright supports.	Injury Pilot: Fatal
Date 18.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 10 hours (7 hours) 32 flights (17 flights)	Location Putsborough, Braunton devon, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Bollero 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot slipped during reverse launch ground handling practice, coupled with a sudden gust of wind. Resulted in sudden lift from and immediate repatriation with the ground at speed.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 18.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 57	Location UK	Wing Type Powered PG	Summary Pre flight inspection of Icaro helmet revealed that one of the two retaining loops of plastic coated cord had snapped and detached at the front end at it's retaining point where it is fixed with a rivet. On inspection of spare helmet, it was found that in the same place, the outer plastic coating had snapped, but was still being retained by the inner cord core.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 18.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: P Flying Experience: 23 years 2000 hours (80 hours) 1000 flights (80 flights)	Location Sopot, Bulgaria Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Mac Para Eden 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary On landing approach, the experienced pilot gave way to a low airtime pilot and hit a tree to avoid mid air collision.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 18.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 49 2 flights	Location Beddingham, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot launched successfully but then applied hard right then left controls and pendulumed into the ground.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 17.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: EP	Location Planfait,, Annecy, France Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary When Taking off, the student, caught his hand on the reserve handle and brushed the lower bushes of the take off area. The reserve was deployed, which in turn made the main glider drive down. the student remained clam, and landed in the trees in front of the take off.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 16.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 53 Flying Experience: (6 hours) 6 flights (6 flights)	Location Campo coy lump, Caravaca, Spain Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Bolero 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot fell over his own feet after he had landed and fell on his face. His sunglasses dug into his nose which needed a few stitches.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Head Injuries
Date 14.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 67 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 46 years 2000 hours (50 hours) 5000 flights (80 flights)	Location Murton Pike, Appleby, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Flow XCRacer Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot spun glider while attempting to thermal. Pilot suspects lack of sleep and dehydration were significant factors.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 13.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 13 years 240 hours (18 hours) 180 flights (17 flights)	Location Combe Gibbet, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Strong	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot turned low in a thermal close to trees. Pilot then hit sink and was caught in the rotor behind the trees. Glider suffered asymmetric collapses but pilot was able to land but hit a fence post.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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