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 for paraglider 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 available, total hours flown and hours flown in the previous six months are included below, with the latter displayed in brackets.
| Date |
Pilot |
Location |
Wing Type |
Summary |
Injury |
|
16.09.2023 |
Male
Age:
45
Rating:
CP
Flying Experience:
4 years
40 hours
(5 hours)
|
High and Over,
UK
Wind Strength:
25-30 km/h
Conditions:
Calm,
Moderate Turbulence |
Paraglider
Wing:
Ozone
Buzz Z6
Launch Type:
Foot |
Pilot applied too much brake on landing in breezy conditions Pilot was lifted and blown back into a fence before landing heavily on the ground.
|
Minor Injuries,
Hands, Arms, Shoulder
|
|
14.09.2023 |
Male
Age:
52
Rating:
P
Flying Experience:
24 years
500 hours
(50 hours)
|
Chabre lower south,
France
Wind Strength:
5-10 km/h
Conditions:,
Light Turbulence |
Paraglider
Wing:
Ozone
Delta 3
Launch Type:
Foot |
Pilot took off and immediately encountered strong lift. Pilot lost control and crashed heavily on the side of the hill.
|
Seriously Injured |
|
13.09.2023 |
Male
Age:
53
Rating:
CP
Flying Experience:
4 years
|
Sopot BG,
Bulgaria
Wind Strength:
10-15 km/h
Conditions:
Moderate,
Moderate Turbulence |
Paraglider
Wing:
BGD
Adam
Launch Type:
Foot |
Pilot had heavy top landing while thermalling in mountains.
|
Seriously Injured,
Lumbar Spine
|
|
13.09.2023 |
Male
Age:
65
Rating:
P
Flying Experience:
19 years
803 hours
(19 hours)
|
Sopot,
Bulgaria
Wind Strength:
5-10 km/h
Conditions:
Moderate,
Moderate Turbulence |
Paraglider
Wing:
Ozone
Alpina 3
Launch Type:
Foot |
Pilot misjudged height on approach and encountered stronger than expected head wind. Pilot landed short of intended landing area and stuck an exposed rocky slope.
|
Seriously Injured,
Feet, Legs
|
|
11.09.2023 |
Male
Age:
68
Rating:
P
Flying Experience:
17 years
280 hours
(4 hours)
|
Sopot,
Bulgaria
Wind Strength:
5-10 km/h
Conditions:
Moderate,
Not Turbulent |
Paraglider
Wing:
Ozone
Rush 5
Launch Type:
Foot |
Pilot misjudged height while ridge soaring mountain. Pilot ran out of safe landing options and landed crosswind in bushes.
|
Seriously Injured,
Lumbar Spine
|
|
10.09.2023 |
Male
Rating:
P
Flying Experience:
6 years
552 hours
|
Newhaven,
UK
Wind Strength:
+45 km/h
Conditions:
Calm |
Paraglider
Wing:
Ozone
Delta 3
Launch Type:
Foot |
Pilot was caught out by increasing wind and was blown back on full bar. Pilot landed going backwards on concrete area of beach and was dragged.
|
Minor Injuries,
Hands, Arms, Shoulder
|
|
06.09.2023 |
Male
Rating:
CP
Flying Experience:
1 year
38 hours
(11 hours)
|
North Luffenham,
UK
Wind Strength:
0-5 km/h
Conditions:,
Not Turbulent |
Paraglider
Wing:
Mac Para
Muse5
Launch Type:
Winch/vehicle Tow |
Pilot could not activate Gin tow release on reaching top of tow. Pilot was instructed to lay line down in fig 8 but accidentally went too far and began to down plane. Operator cut line and normal flight was resumed. No fault could be found on the release mechanism.
|
Unhurt |
|
06.09.2023 |
Male
Age:
49
Rating:
P
Flying Experience:
23 years
1000 hours
(54 hours)
|
Ager,
Spain
Wind Strength:
10-15 km/h
Conditions:
Very Strong,
Strong Turbulence |
Paraglider
Wing:
Ozone
Zeno
Launch Type:
Foot |
Pilot encountered turbulent air while thermalling and glider suffered full frontal resulting in a cravat spiral. Pilot was unable to regain control sp deployed emergency parachute. Pilot descended into forest canopy then fell through trees to the ground.
|
Seriously Injured,
Lumbar Spine
|
|
04.09.2023 |
Male
Age:
57
Rating:
AP
Flying Experience:
31 years
4000 hours
(100 hours)
|
Organya,
Spain
Wind Strength:
5-10 km/h
Conditions:
Strong,
Strong Turbulence,
Leeside |
Paraglider
Wing:
Ozone
Enzo
Launch Type:
Foot |
Pilot flew over ridge but encountered sink and entered an area of leeside turbulence. Glider collapsed and sustained two large cravats. Glider then flew backwards and pilots vision was obscured by submarine harness tail. Pilot entered trees in a stalled state before being able to deploy parachute.
|
Unhurt |
|
04.09.2023 |
Male
Age:
46
Rating:
P
Flying Experience:
18 years
900 hours
(70 hours)
|
Ager,
Spain
Wind Strength:
10-15 km/h
Conditions:
Moderate,
Moderate Turbulence |
Paraglider
Wing:
Ozone
Zeno 2
Launch Type:
Foot |
Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse in turbulent thermal that caused the wing to go 'nose down'. Pilot stopped rotation but elected to deploy emergency chute do to low altitude.
|
Unhurt |
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