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 10.06.2007	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: FLPA	Location Chavenage Green, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Action Gt Launch Type: Powered Engine: Bailey, 4s 175	Summary Pilot concentrating on landing close to marshals at comp did not notice parked hang glider. Cage struck hang glider wing causing some damage.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 02.05.2007	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: FLPA	Location West Cowick, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Swing Arcus 4 Launch Type: Powered Engine: PAP, Top 80 1250	Summary Pilot released brake to get into seat. Brake handle contacted prop causing minor damage.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 02.09.2005	Pilot Male Age: 32	Location Becketts Farm, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Skywalk Silex Launch Type: Powered Engine: fresh breeze	Summary Unqualified pilot crashed having stalled wing just after take off.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebra
Date 21.03.2005	Pilot Male Age: 51	Location Frampton End Road, UK	Wing Type Powered PG Launch Type: Powered	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Back injuries
Date 21.03.2005	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: FLPA	Location Lumb Farm, UK	Wing Type Powered PG Launch Type: Powered	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fr leg
Date 22.06.2004	Pilot Male Age: 65 Rating: P	Location UK	Wing Type Powered PG Launch Type: Powered	Summary Unqualified (for flpa) pilot crashed flpa and was not discovered until early hours.	Injury Unknown
Date 20.06.2004	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: FLPA	Location UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: FreeX Pure Launch Type: Powered Engine: Sperwill	Summary Pilot lost control of paramotor during launch/climb phase and crashed into the roof of a school.	Injury Pilot: Fr neck c6-c7
Date 13.06.2004	Pilot Unknown	Location By River Yarty, UK Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Action 29 Launch Type: Powered Engine: cyclone	Summary Pilot landed seated and cross wind. Pilot uninjured but prop smashed and fuel tank split. Possible damage to wing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.05.2004	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: SPHG	Location UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Mcdaddy Launch Type: Powered Engine: Fly, p130	Summary At 50m when pilot and passenger were getting into their seats, the risers became twisted resulting in the pilot losing control. They crashed heavily with the passenger sustaining severe injuries.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist, fr collar bone
Date 16.03.2003	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: CP	Location Selston, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Swing Arcus Launch Type: Powered Engine: Rad, mxl	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 12 December 2024

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