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:

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).

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 3283 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports

Date 13.03.2018	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 10 hours (10 hours) 10 flights (8 flights)	Location Freathy, Cornwall, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot crash landed on rocks having got low while coastal soaring. Pilot hoped to find lift where he had found it previously on the flight but did not.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 11.03.2018	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years	Location Parlick Pike (East), Preston/Lancashire, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot landed short in field adjacent to landing field but was also slightly crosswind. Left hand side of control frame struck the ground first causing the pilot to swing through.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder

Date 11.03.2018	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 41 years 150 hours (12 hours) 100 flights (15 flights)	Location Parlick East, Lancashire, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged approach and was short of official landing field. In attempting to reach an adjacent field the pilot accidentally stalled the glider due to the wind gradient.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder

Date 10.03.2018	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 46 years 4000 hours (25 hours) 4000 flights (25 flights)	Location Ringstead, Weymouth, UK Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Rigid Hang Glider Wing: AIR VR+ Launch Type: Foot	Summary While coastal soaring in strong and fluctuating winds pilot found himself in sinking air with limited safe landing options. Pilot landed on rocky area but was able to avoid injury by flaring hard and landing vertically.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 26.02.2018	Pilot Male Age: 51 5 flights (5 flights)	Location Rabou France, Gap, France Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Paragliders Atis 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary After a successful flight and landing the student was walking backwards as the wing was pulled by the wind as it fell behind him. He turned quickly to control the wing but twisted his knee whilst doing the turn. He fell over and was dragged 2 meters over snow before he regained control on the wing.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs

Date 18.02.2018	Pilot Male Rating: P Flying Experience: 850 hours	Location Beachy Head, Eastbourne, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was scratching low on sea cliffs when an asymmetric collapse caused pilot to drop onto the rocks. Pilot was rescued by coastguard.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 17.02.2018	Pilot Male Age: 80 Rating: P Flying Experience: 50 years	Location Woolacombe, Woolacombe, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot omitted to clip into harness before clipping on flight deck. Inflated wing and fellow pilot noticed odd attitude of harness. Wing safely deflated and brought under control.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 17.02.2018	Pilot Male Age: 64 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 15 years	Location Woolacombe, Woolacombe, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was seen to be ridge soaring with parachute handle detached. Landed without incident	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 17.02.2018	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: P Flying Experience: 23 years 400 hours (3 hours) 270 flights (4 flights)	Location St. Bees, St. Bees, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Gto 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged wind direction and flew into sinking air. Pilot was forced to make an emergency landing between the cliff and the sea, landing on large boulders.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 12.02.2018	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P Flying Experience: 21 years 115 hours (6 hours) 300 flights (9 flights)	Location Haresfield, Gloucester, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: UP Summit XC Launch Type: Foot	Summary Wind increased while pilot was flying to point where he could not penetrate with full bar. Pilot applied big ears but made no forward progress. Pilot steered backwards and landed in trees. Pilot waited for assistance and was then able to climb down.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 22 May 2025

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