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 powered pg wings 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 132 entries for powered pg wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 20.11.2022	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 3 years 70 hours (100 hours) (30 flights)	Location Northern Skies HQ, Balne, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudeck Solo Launch Type: Powered Engine: Parajet, Zenith	Summary Pilot landed normally but caught foot on clump of grass.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 09.08.2022	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: Unqualified	Location New Church Farm, Tong, Bradford, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: BGD Luna 2	Summary The incident occurred when the pilot's paraglider was induced into a turn by the ingestion of the left-hand control line into the turning propeller. The turn developed into a spiral dive, from which the pilot was unable to recover before impacting the ground.	Injury Pilot: Fatal
Date 22.06.2022	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 11 years 1 hour (50 hours) 1 flight (25 flights)	Location Portsmouth, Easteny beach, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: BGD Luna Launch Type: Powered Engine: Miniplane	Summary Pilot lost control of powered paraglider while attempting wingovers. Pilot fell into his wing but was able to deploy his parachute. Pilot landed in the sea but was saved by the coast guard.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 26.03.2022	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 3 years 6 hours (6 hours) 11 flights (11 flights)	Location Pilsley, Chesterfield, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Mojo Pwr Launch Type: Powered Engine: Parajet, Maverick	Summary Pilot landed on the lee side of trees and the turbulence caused an asymmetric collapse with insufficient altitude to effect a recovery.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 22.01.2022	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: P Flying Experience: 12 years 176 hours (10 hours) 236 flights (12 flights)	Location Goodedge Farm, Bruton, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Solo Launch Type: Powered Engine: Parajet, Volution 2	Summary Pilot got gloved finger caught in throttle while warming his engine. Pilot was pushed over but was able to hit the kill switch before hitting the ground. Pilot was wearing two pairs of gloves due to the cold weather.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 18.09.2021	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: Pilot Power Flying Experience: 4 years 20 hours (20 hours) 40 flights (40 flights)	Location Wingland Airfield, Spalding, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Spyder Launch Type: Powered Engine: Scout, Scout	Summary Shortly after take off, while getting comfortable the throttle cable went though cage netting and impacted the prop. Pilot carried out emergency landing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 08.07.2021	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P Flying Experience: 28 years	Location Wingland, Lincolnshire, UK	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Solo Launch Type: Foot	Summary During preflight check the pilot noticed that the helmet cable had snapped at the cable junction on their Icaro UL paramotor helmet.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 16.04.2021	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 4 years 14 hours (6 hours) 47 flights (16 flights)	Location Farmer's Field, Nantwich, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Niviuk Qubik Launch Type: Powered Engine: P.AP., Tinox Atom 80	Summary The pilot made a fast landing not directly into wind and without a complete landing flare. The pilot fell and put their right arm out as they fell, sustaining injury.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 01.01.2021	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P Flying Experience: 16 years 200 hours	Location Banbury, Banbury, UK	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Freeride	Summary The PPG pilot operated the throttle mounted engine kill switch on landing, which failed to stop the engine. Upon inspection, the pilot located a broken wire in the throttle cable, at the location where it is tied to the frame.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 05.11.2020	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 2548 hours (54 hours) (250 flights)	Location Challow Hill Farm, Challow, UK	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Orca 2 Launch Type: Powered Engine: Bulldog, Spirit 185	Summary During a hang test the button on the harness buckle was depressed against its spring. The metal spring retaining plug popped out of its housing, rendering the buckle unserviceable.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 2 December 2024

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