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 3339 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 19.06.2018	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: P Flying Experience: 16 years 195 hours (11 hours) 616 flights (25 flights)	Location Montmin, Annecy, France Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 8 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off and encountered stronger than expected head wind. Pilot was then unable to reach intended landing fields resulting in an unplanned landing. Pilot turned into wind too late and collided with slope.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 18.06.2018	Pilot Male Age: 61 Flying Experience: 30 years 250 hours	Location Forclaz, Annecy, France Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse shortly after launching. The glider turned 180 degrees with no obvious pilot input and crashed into the hillside.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 15.06.2018	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 14 hours (14 hours) 17 flights (14 flights)	Location Mount Caburn, Glynde, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Koyot 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had near miss with another paraglider. The other paraglider suffered a collapse and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt, Cervical Spine
Date 13.06.2018	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: IPPI 4	Location Mount Caburn sussex, Lewis, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot fell while ground handling.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 13.06.2018	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 24 years 90 hours (12 hours) 250 flights (21 flights)	Location Newhaven Cliffs, Newhaven, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost control of glider while attempting to launch in breezy conditions. Pilot was dragged into another glider that was waiting to launch.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 10.06.2018	Pilot Female Age: 36 Flying Experience: 1 hour (1 hour) 16 flights	Location Swanborough, Swanborough, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Elememt 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Whist ground-handling in a very light wind, the student was picked up by a small dust devil/thermal. She went up about 1.5m and then landed on her side hitting her head on the ground.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Head Injuries
Date 10.06.2018	Pilot Male Age: 49 Flying Experience: 7 years 16 hours (6 hours) 6 flights (6 flights)	Location Swanborough, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio 2	Summary Student flew into the slope while attempting to soar. Student was twisting in the harness.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 09.06.2018	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 20 hours	Location Llantysillio, Nr Carog, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Koyot 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot overflew the small landing area due to unexpected lift then ended up worring that he wouldn't manage to cross a fence. Pilot turned left for a hard landing but hit the far side of a ditch with straight legs.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 06.06.2018	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: P Flying Experience: 46 years 1000 hours (25 hours) 2000 flights (50 flights)	Location Corndon, Long Mynd, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 10 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted a slope landing but caught foot on rock hidden in undergrowth.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 03.06.2018	Pilot Male Age: 27 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 11 years 80 hours (12 hours) 110 flights (10 flights)	Location Clough Head, Cumbria, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 8 Launch Type: Foot	Summary After approximately 40 Minutes of flying pilot felt an increased amount of friction in brake line and the small ceramic keeper ring. On closer inspection of the brake line, it was apparent that it had become worn to the point of the outer sheath failing. On inspecting the keeper ring, pilot noticed that a small worn area had developed and become sharp which had over time damaged the brake line.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 13 November 2025

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