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 07.10.2002	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: CP	Location Ireland Field, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Apco Ventura Launch Type: Powered Engine: VITTORAZI, 100CC	Summary Pilot started power unit at full revs, attmpted to stabilise unit by holding cage, hand slipped through netting and contacted propellor.	Injury Pilot: Thumb & first finger of right hand tips ripped by propeller
Date 28.07.2002	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: P	Location Private Land, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Gradient Onyx Launch Type: Powered	Summary Pilot started engine of paramotor whilst supporting the frame. The canopy remained packed away. The engine revs were high pushing the unit forward. The pilot reacted by pushing out with his left hand which contacted the prop causing injury.	Injury Pilot: Left hand index finger 50% of tip severed, fingers 2 & 3 removed amputated to first joint. little finger 3mm of tip removed
Date 26.07.2002	Pilot Male Age: 32	Location Milton Keynes, UK	Wing Type Powered PG Launch Type: Powered	Summary No details.	Injury Pilot: Fractured vertibrae and internal injuries
Date 26.03.2002	Pilot Unknown	Location Ashover, Derbyshire, UK	Wing Type Powered PG Launch Type: Powered	Summary 2 PPGs reported flying low over Ashover , Derbyshire. Several captive birds of prey were spooked resulting in one being injured and subsequently put down.	Injury Unknown
Date 29.12.2001	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: P	Location Stantor, Torquay, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Apco Allegra Launch Type: Powered Engine: Revoloution	Summary During xc flight paramotr unit suffered failure - no details.	Injury Unknown
Date 15.09.2001	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: CP	Location Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h	Wing Type Powered PG Launch Type: Powered	Summary Pilot failed to execute an emergency canopy collapse following an aborted forward launch. Part of the canopy contacted the motor causing damage to the lines and prop.	Injury Unknown
Date 27.08.2001	Pilot Unknown	Location Studland Peninsula, Dorset., UK	Wing Type Powered PG Launch Type: Powered	Summary PPG spotted flying too low over built up area.	Injury Unknown
Date 28.07.2001	Pilot Male	Location At Home, Cholsey., UK	Wing Type Powered PG Launch Type: Powered Engine: Revoloution, Classic	Summary During maintainence paramotor fell towards pilot whiuls engine was running, the pilot put ou his hand to protect his head and suffered injuies to his hand and arm.	Injury Pilot: Lacerated arm and hand.
Date 20.05.2001	Pilot Unknown	Location Lowca, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Apco Futura Launch Type: Powered Engine: 210 cc	Summary Pilot appeared to stall paramotor following launch.	Injury Pilot: Minor cuts and grazes.
Date 11.02.2001	Pilot Male Age: 42	Location Sutra Beach, Malaysia Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Launch Type: Powered	Summary Pilot doing fly-by in front of camera turned sharply into the path of another paramotor. Second paramotor was forced to take evasive action which resulted in his canopies wing touching the sea causing a water landing.	Injury Pilot: No injuries pilot 1 no injuries pilot 2

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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