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 15.11.2017	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 12 years 25 hours 20 flights	Location Bornos Lake, Bornos Cadiz, Spain Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Spyder Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost balance on launch having recovered from small frontal collapse then fell forward dislocating his shoulder.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 08.10.2017	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: CP	Location DUNGIVEN WEST, DUNGIVEN N IRELAND, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Unknown Launch Type: Powered Engine: PAP I THINK	Summary Pilot tripped on launch and cut nose on spectacles.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 13.08.2017	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: Non bhpa Flying Experience: 10 years 160 hours (30 hours) 100 flights (20 flights)	Location N/a, Near Hawnby, North Yorks, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Apco Force 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was climbing out of field when glider entered a spin at low level. Pilot impacted heavily before recovery could be achieved.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 05.07.2017	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: P Flying Experience: 20 years 600 hours (40 hours) 1000 flights (40 flights)	Location Moreton Common, Wirral, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Niviuk Kougar 2 Launch Type: Powered Engine: TechnoFly, Octagon (Nitro)	Summary Pilot was walking towards wing with engine running (warm up phase) when it went to full power and throttle cable caught in propeller, pulling hand backwards through netting into spinning propeller as he fell sideways onto ground.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 02.07.2017	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P Flying Experience: 9 years 30 hours (2 hours) 70 flights (5 flights)	Location Parafest N Wales, N Wales, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Spyder Launch Type: Powered Engine: Wasp, EOS100	Summary Pilot made emergency landing having lost power. Discovered exhaust had fallen off and gone through prop. Fuel tank had also ruptured and was spraying fuel.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 25.05.2017	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: P Flying Experience: 23 years 300 hours (12 hours) 200 flights (10 flights)	Location Rufforth Gliding Club, York, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: PARAMANIA Gtx	Summary Pilot stalled at low level having encountered sinking air. Pilot defended vertically and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 24.05.2017	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: CP	Location Challow Paramotor Club, Wantage, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Launch Type: Powered	Summary Pilot attempted to launch but did not get airborne before running into a fence.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 24.05.2017	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 2 hours (1 hour) 12 flights (8 flights)	Location Challow Paramotor Club, Wantage, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Roadster 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot went off line during powered launch and collided with a fence.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 22.04.2017	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P Flying Experience: 46 years 240 hours (18 hours) 300 flights (25 flights)	Location Disused Military Airfield, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Speedster 2 Launch Type: Powered Engine: Air Conception, E-Nitro	Summary Pilot suffered failed take-off in changeable light winds leading to heavy impact with tarmac take-off area. Pilot was recovering from previous muscle strain at the time.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 19.02.2017	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: P Flying Experience: 18 years (50 hours) (30 flights)	Location Bagworth, Leicester, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Viper 4 Launch Type: Powered Engine: Techno-fly, Nitro 200	Summary Pilot had mid-air collision with a second pilot who had been 300m above but was in an uncontrolled spiral dive. The collision caused the pilot to spin, damaging his glider. The glider then collapsed but the pilot was able to recover and land safely. The second pilot continued to spiral until hitting the ground sustains fatal injuries.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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