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Incident reports are available in summary form for the following wing types:

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• Paraglider
• Flexwing Hang Glider
• Rigid Hang Glider
• Speedrider
• Speedflyer/Miniwing
• Powered PG
• Powered HG
• Other

Incident reports for other 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).

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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.

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 13.07.2013	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 17 years 100 hours	Location Chetwynd, Shropshire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Strong	Wing Type Other Wing: Harley 280E Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Pilot began landing flare too high and glider stalled dumping pilot on his back.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Lumbar Spine
Date 13.07.2013	Pilot Male Age: 36 Flying Experience: 20 years 31 flights	Location North Luffenham Airfield, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Other Wing: Ascent International Waterbird	Summary One of the ground crew was knocked over unconscious as the canopy came up off the ground.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 14.07.2012	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: P Flying Experience: 47 years 3000 hours	Location Lasham, UK	Wing Type Other Wing: Barford Betterfly Launch Type: Powered Engine: Brooks, William	Summary During 'human powered' flight, joystick assembly became detached. Aircraft crash from 2m.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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