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 23.09.2016	Pilot Male Age: 53 Flying Experience: 9 years 16 hours (12 hours) 19 flights (15 flights)	Location Institute gravel car park, Manilva, Spain Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Roadster 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered engine failure after 15 minutes but had height to return to take-off. Take-off area was sloping carpark and pilot was forced to land crosswind. Pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 18.07.2016	Pilot Female Age: 33 Flying Experience: 11 years 100 hours	Location Walworth Road Recreation Ground, Andover, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Paramania Revolution3 Launch Type: Powered	Summary Paramotor pilots were training in a NOTAM'd area and were thermalling with engines off. Military C130 passed between two pilots, apparently having not seen them. Pilots landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 27.06.2016	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: Pilot Power Flying Experience: 240 hours	Location Colleymore Farm, Coleshill, Oxfordshire, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Hadron XX Launch Type: Powered Engine: Macfly, 250	Summary Whilst making a powered paraglider flight in a competition, the pilot inadvertently stalled the wing when applying power during a low level pass, causing the pilot to impact on his back, sustaining damage to the power unit.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 05.06.2016	Pilot Male Flying Experience: 120 hours	Location Dee Estuary, Near Flint, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Synth 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary While flying low, pilot caught foot in water and was forced to land in estuary. Pilot was forced to request assistance due to mud and incoming tide.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 22.03.2016	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: P Flying Experience: 26 years	Location Selsey, Chichester, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Hadron xx Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered a collapse at low level.	Injury Pilot: Fatal, Internal Injuries
Date 01.11.2015	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: P Flying Experience: 13 years 300 hours (70 hours) 300 flights (70 flights)	Location Private field, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Hadron XX Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot came in to land in nil wind and came in on a fast approach and caught foot on a grass clump, which twisted his leg breaking it just above the boot. Pilot drove himself to hospital. Leg in plaster for 6 weeks.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 03.10.2015	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 14 years 200 hours (70 hours) 300 flights (80 flights)	Location Benone, Londonderry, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Roadster Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot noticed that heat from the exhaust melted a hole in the fuel tank. Proximity of exhaust very close to tank.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 19.09.2015	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 25 years 2500 hours (20 hours) (12 flights)	Location Marston Airfield, Marston Trussel, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Snake (not xx) Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost control of glider at low level while attempting a high banked turn during slalom practice. During the manoeuvre the pilot noticed the left brake handle had become detached from the brake lines. The pilot was unable to regain control and crashed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 07.07.2015	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: Pilot (Power)	Location Siurana Alt Emporda 17469, Siurana/Girona, Spain Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Slalom Launch Type: Foot	Summary A paramotor pilot was critically injured upon impact with the ground, and died from his injuries. There were no witnesses to the flight or the impact.	Injury Pilot: Fatal, Internal Injuries
Date 20.01.2015	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: P Flying Experience: 18 years 315 hours (50 hours) 234 flights (30 flights)	Location Private field, Edenbridge kent, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Paramania Revo 2 Launch Type: Powered Engine: Fly products, Jet top 80	Summary Pilot took off wearing a scarf tucked into his flying suit. Scarf became loose and caught in the recoil start mechanism. Engine stopped causing scarf to tighten round pilot's neck. Pilot was able to breath with difficulty and was able to make emergency landing.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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