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 27.02.2012	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: Unqualified Flying Experience: 3 hours 6 flights	Location Challow Hill Farm, Oxfordshire, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Synthesis Launch Type: Powered Engine: Bulldog, Spirit (Thor)	Summary Pilot did not respond properly to radio commands and came close to landing on parked cars. Student became entangled with a wing laid out in the take off area but managed to land safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 24.02.2012	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: P Flying Experience: 29 years 300 hours	Location Darley Moor, Peak District, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h	Wing Type Powered PG Launch Type: Powered Engine: Fly Products, Kompress Magic	Summary Student applied too much throttle while practising starting the engine. Engine fell over backwards.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 28.01.2012	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 17 years 60 hours 100 flights	Location Crieff, Scotland, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Reaction Launch Type: Powered Engine: Parajet, Cyclone	Summary Pilot had mid-air collision with another paramotor pilot and became entangled. Came down under other pilot's parachute as other failed to deploy.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 28.01.2012	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: Unqualified Flying Experience: 17 years 60 hours 60 flights	Location Crieff, Scotland, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Reaction TST Launch Type: Powered Engine: PAP, ROS125	Summary Pilot was involved in a mid-air collision with another paramotor and became entangled. Pilot successfully deployed parachute and both pilots came down under the one chute as other failed to deploy.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 28.01.2012	Pilot Male Age: 35	Location Crieff, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Reaction TST Launch Type: Powered Engine: PAP, 1400 ROS 125	Summary Due to poor lookout pilot had mid-air collision with another paramotor pilot and became entangled. Both pilots came down under one parachute as the other failed to deploy.	Injury Pilot: Sprained ankle
Date 28.01.2012	Pilot Male Age: 42	Location Crieff, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Reaction Launch Type: Powered Engine: Parajet, Cyclone	Summary Due to poor lookout pilot had mid-air collision with another paramotor pilot and became entangled. Both pilots came down under one parachute as the other failed to deploy.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebrae
Date 10.01.2012	Pilot Male Age: 31 Rating: Unqualified Flying Experience: 16 years 200 hours	Location Hambrook, Chichester, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Paramania Fusion Launch Type: Powered Engine: Bulldog, Spirit	Summary While practising low level manoeuvres the pilot applied too much brake (against the engine torque) and spun the glider.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 13.08.2011	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: AP	Location Watervliet, Belgium Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Synthesis Launch Type: Powered Engine: Bulldog, Spirit	Summary Pilot misjudged wind gradient and did not leave sufficient time or altitude to execute an efficient flare to land.	Injury Pilot: Compression fracture of l1 vertebra.
Date 01.07.2011	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: P	Location White Horse, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Paramania Revo 2 Launch Type: Powered Engine: Bulldog, Spirit Polini	Summary During test flight of students equipment, instructor witnessed riser to line connector open up. Pilot landed safely. The connector was found to be poor quality.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 01.07.2011	Pilot Unknown	Location Challow Hill Farm, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Nucleon Launch Type: Powered Engine: Polish, Vitorazzi Monster	Summary Pilot made hesitant launch under power and attempted to abort but was too low to get feet under body. Pilot fell forward and finger struck prop.	Injury Pilot: Lacerated fingers

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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