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 14.04.2018	Pilot Male Age: 56 Flying Experience: (1 hour) 30 flights (30 flights)	Location High and over, Alfriston, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student got airboure unintentionally, turned into wind, and landed on the side of the hill putting his arm out.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 14.04.2018	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: P Flying Experience: 22 years 1000 hours (22 hours) (47 flights)	Location Bleasee Fell, Keswick, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Strong, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 10 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had a collapse on right wing while thermalling left. In attempting to rectify the collapse the pilot spun the glider. There was insufficient height for the glider to fully recover before the pilot impacted the slope.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 13.04.2018	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: P Flying Experience: 18 years 600 hours (30 hours) 400 flights (14 flights)	Location North Luffenham, Oakham, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 5 Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Hill pilot on tow conversion. When line slackened for pilot to correct drift, drogue parachute started twisting/spinning. When releasing from the line, the tow bridal had twisted around the ring preventing the line from being released. Pilot successfully "S"-ed off height and landed without incident. Knott in drogue line found to be cause.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 13.04.2018	Pilot Male Rating: P Flying Experience: 36 years 1200 hours 500 flights	Location Bridge of don sand dunes, Aberdeen, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Peak 2	Summary On downwind leg while dune soaring wind lessened. Pilot turned into wind to land not quite into wind tripped on landing extended left arm in sand breaking wrist.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 11.04.2018	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 50 hours (5 hours)	Location Babadag, Oludeniz, Turkey Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Triple Seven Knight Launch Type: Foot	Summary With all settings as per manual, glider response to SIV manoeuvres was well in excess of EN requirements for B rated glider. Symmetric and asymmetric collapses gave recovery characteristics of EN D.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 09.04.2018	Pilot Male Age: 60 Flying Experience: 7 years 3 hours (2 hours) 12 flights (12 flights)	Location Beklemeto STH, Bulgaria Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD EPIC Launch Type: Foot	Summary Glider pitched on landing approach and student failed to flare.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 29.03.2018	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 87 hours (25 hours) 48 flights	Location Horden, North East of England, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sup Air Leaf Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was coastal soaring and on crossing a headland, encountered rotor turbulence forcing him down. Pilot assumed he was high enough to avoid the turbulence.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 28.03.2018	Pilot Male Age: 65 Flying Experience: 7 years 3 flights (3 flights)	Location Rabou, Gap, France Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Paragliders Atis 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student did not flare on low hop and landed faster than expected.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 26.03.2018	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: P Flying Experience: 30 years 1500 hours (80 hours) 2000 flights (50 flights)	Location Whitesheet, Shaftesbury, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Triple Seven Queen 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Soon after takeoff glider suffered a full frontal collapse followed by an asymmetric collapse. Glider dived to recover but too low. Pilot struck slope on his back.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 25.03.2018	Pilot Male Age: 27 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years	Location Monksdown, Shaftesbury, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Cure Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot deliberately stalled glider but was unable to control the recovery. The glider diver 135 degrees and pilot fell past. Pilot deployed parachute and landed moments after it had inflated.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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