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 3287 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 04.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: Unqualified Flying Experience: 7 years 1 flight	Location Aldbrough, Kingston upon Hull, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Synthesis 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot stalled glider after engine cut out on practise approach.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 29.04.2018	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 8 hours (8 hours) 40 flights (40 flights)	Location Ben Rinnes, Duftown, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Bolero 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Low airtime pilot attempted to make a top landing but had insufficient height. This resulted in the pilot crash landing cross-slope.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 29.04.2018	Pilot Male Age: 43 Flying Experience: 16 years 400 hours (60 hours)	Location Dune de Pyla, La Teste, France Wind Strength: 40-45 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Freestyle 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged spiral dive on unfamiliar glider losing more height than anticipated. Pilot impacted sand dune at speed.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Cervical Spine
Date 29.04.2018	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: P Flying Experience: 17 years 200 hours	Location MAPPLETON, HORNSEA, EAST COAST, UK Wind Strength: 35-40 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance OMEGA Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was pulled over as wing rotated while attempting to launch in strong wind.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 28.04.2018	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P Flying Experience: 9 years 100 hours (30 hours) 100 flights (40 flights)	Location Rhiw Wen, South Wales, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had been flying by himself while waiting for a friend to arrive. Pilot was found in a dazed state with no recollection of having had an incident.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 24.04.2018	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years	Location Rushup Edge, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Hook 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Glider went offline during reverse launch and the pilot stumbled. He was then dragged downing into rocks.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 22.04.2018	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: P Flying Experience: 28 years 600 hours (18 hours) 500 flights (20 flights)	Location Freathy, Whitsands Bay, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Cayenne 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot stalled glider attempting to make a beach landing in fluctuating winds.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 22.04.2018	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 18 hours	Location Babadag 1200m., Olu Deniz, Turkey Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot shout launching and began his launch diagonally across the take-off into wind. A Turkish tandem pilot then shouted 'take-off' and launched from approx 30m behind the first pilot. The first pilot aborted his launch but the tandem pilot and passenger flew into his inflated glider. The momentum pulled the first pilot off the take-off and into boulders.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 22.04.2018	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 35 years	Location Compton Bowl, Freshwater, IOW, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Bruce Goldsmith Design Tala Launch Type: Foot	Summary After take off the pilot attempted to work a small thermal turning left too slowly. The glider had a small wing-tip collapse and the pilot over compensated causing the wing to spin then stall resulting in a free fall of about 20ft to the ridge.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Internal Injuries
Date 21.04.2018	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 10 hours (5 hours) 108 flights (34 flights)	Location Rushup, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Fly Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot crashed while ridge soaring, possibly due to turbulence from trees on the site.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder

Last updated: 21 June 2025

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