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 21.09.2010	Pilot Male Rating: Under training	Location Darley Moor, UK Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Roadster Launch Type: Powered Engine: Parajet, Micro	Summary Student attempted to take off with control line wrapped around riser. Powered off and aborted launch.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 08.12.2009	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: P	Location Nuthurst, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Synthesis Launch Type: Powered Engine: MiniPlane	Summary On landing, clip on pilots glove (for holding gloves together) became caught on cage netting. Pilot could not release brake. Landed safely and cut glove clips off!	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 12.09.2009	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: P	Location Lisdillon, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Paramania Revolution Launch Type: Powered Engine: H&E, R120	Summary Whilst cruising under power at 1950ft the bolt holding the left hand hangpoint attachment arm sheared. The pilot was able, with extreme difficulty, to hang on the the riser and execute a forced landing with minimal damage.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 29.08.2009	Pilot Male Age: 32	Location Cheriton, UK Wind Strength: 41-48 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Powerplay Sting 160 Launch Type: Powered Engine: Walkerjet, Simon 210	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse on approach in strong wind and turbulent conditions.	Injury Pilot: Fatal
Date 30.05.2009	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: CP	Location Almenara, Spain Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Eagle Flight Genie Launch Type: Powered Engine: AV8ER, Observer Lite	Summary Whilst on a powered cross country flight the brummels connecting the speed system on the left side vibrated loose. The pilot was able to prevent the line from contacting the prop and landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 24.05.2009	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P	Location Lambourne, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Paramania Fusion 26 Launch Type: Powered Engine: Parajet, Macro	Summary Pilot crashed on launch causing broken leg. Crash also caused prop to puncture fuel tank resulting in explosion and fire. Swift action of CFI with extinguishers prevented more serious injuries.	Injury Pilot: Fr tib and fib, burns to arms
Date 05.04.2009	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP	Location Grove, Wantage, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Reaction 29 Launch Type: Powered Engine: Airfer, Titan	Summary Pilot dislocated knee during initial takeoff run on paramotor launch. Previous unrelated dislocations believed to have weakened knee.	Injury Pilot: Dislocated knee
Date 08.03.2009	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: P	Location Cheng Su, China Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Paramania Launch Type: Powered Engine: prototype	Summary Shortly after take off the pilot noticed tip steering line had become loose and was lying on the cage netting. The prussik loop holding the tip steering line had become loose.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 21.02.2009	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: P	Location Oldbury on the Hill, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Paramania Revolution 28 Launch Type: Powered Engine: PAP, ROS IQS 1400R	Summary Pilot suffered engine cut out at 200ft. Found no fault and took off again only for engine cut out at 20ft. Pilot landed on knees but ok. This time found that fuel primer bulb was contracting after 30 seconds causing engine to cut out.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 30.01.2009	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: P	Location Las Candelas, Spain Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Mojo 2 Launch Type: Powered Engine: Bailey, Top 80	Summary On attempting to warm up engine, pilot applied too much throttle (due to unfamiliar mechanism on hired motor) causing engine to rotate about pilots knee. Prop struck hand.	Injury Pilot: Severed index and middle fingers.

Last updated: 12 December 2024

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