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 |
|
02.04.2017 |
Male
Age:
55
Rating:
P
Flying Experience:
22 years
420 hours
(15 hours)
|
Devil's Dyke,
UK
Wind Strength:
0-5 km/h
Conditions:
Calm,
Not Turbulent |
Paraglider
Wing:
Skywalk
Chili 4
Launch Type:
Foot |
Soaring close to slope in light conditions. Pilot failed to have feet out of harness, slope landed too fast and caught right hand against grassy slope, breaking bone in wrist.
|
Seriously Injured,
Hands, Arms, Shoulder
|
|
02.04.2017 |
Male
Age:
62
Rating:
AP
Flying Experience:
36 years
3500 hours
(47 hours)
|
Bradwell Edge,
UK
Wind Strength:
5-10 km/h
Conditions:
Moderate,
Not Turbulent |
Paraglider
Wing:
Advance
Iota
Launch Type:
Foot |
Pilot narrowly missed mid-air collision while ridge soaring. Hang glider coming from opposite direction suddenly began turning in a thermal without first clearing the space.
|
Unhurt |
|
01.04.2017 |
Male
Age:
27
Rating:
Supervised IPPI-3
Flying Experience:
7 years
7 hours
(1 hours)
|
Sopot chair lift launch,
Bulgaria
Wind Strength:
10-15 km/h
Conditions:
Moderate,
Moderate Turbulence |
Paraglider
Wing:
Advance
Epsilon 7
Launch Type:
Foot |
Pilot made error while attempting 'Big ears'. Pilot induced frontal collapse which recovered with a cravat which wound into a spiral dive. Pilot was able to deploy his parachute but could not pull in his glider. Pilot landed in small trees uninjured.
|
Unhurt |
|
28.03.2017 |
Male
Age:
53
Rating:
CP
Flying Experience:
7 years
5 hours
(2 hours)
|
Garmisch,
Germany
Wind Strength:
5-10 km/h
Conditions:
Strong,
Moderate Turbulence |
Paraglider
Wing:
UP
Makalu 3
Launch Type:
Foot |
Pilot was caught out by sink conditions and made emergency landing in tree.
|
Unhurt |
|
27.03.2017 |
Male
Age:
62
Rating:
AP
Flying Experience:
31 years
2200 hours
(30 hours)
|
Megget,
UK
Wind Strength:
5-10 km/h
Conditions:
Calm,
Not Turbulent |
Paraglider
Wing:
Nova
Mentor 4
Launch Type:
Foot |
Evening soaring in light wind and weak thermals on steep grassy slope. Pilot misjudged distance from hill (possibly affected by strong low sun behind hill, with slope in deep shade ) and commenced 360 turn. Insufficient clearance to complete turn and impacted hill at a shallow angle.
|
Unhurt |
|
26.03.2017 |
Male
Age:
50
Rating:
P
Flying Experience:
18 years
150 hours
(15 hours)
|
Matalascanas.,
Spain
Wind Strength:
10-15 km/h
Conditions:,
Not Turbulent |
Paraglider
Wing:
Advance
Sigma 8
Launch Type:
Foot |
Pilot turned into wind on top landing but used excessive control input and spun glider landing heavily.
|
Unhurt |
|
25.03.2017 |
Male
Age:
47
Rating:
P
Flying Experience:
18 years
500 hours
(1 hours)
|
Parlick,
UK
Wind Strength:
0-5 km/h
Conditions:
Calm,
Not Turbulent |
Paraglider
Wing:
Ozone
Delta 2
Launch Type:
Foot |
Pilot attempted to top land as the wind had dropped off while he was ridge soaring. Pilot had insufficient height and collided with the hill.
|
Seriously Injured,
Feet, Legs
|
|
13.03.2017 |
Male
Age:
19
Rating:
CP
Flying Experience:
10 years
48 hours
(22 hours)
|
Rybury,
UK
Wind Strength:
20-25 km/h
Conditions:
Calm,
Light Turbulence |
Paraglider
Wing:
Ozone
Mojo1
Launch Type:
Foot |
Pilot launched with speed system twisted and applied 50%. Pilot was able to bottom land safely. Speedbar had come away from velcro holder.
|
Unhurt |
|
13.03.2017 |
Male
Age:
44
Rating:
AP
Flying Experience:
34 years
900 hours
(15 hours)
|
Devils Dyke,
UK
Wind Strength:
15-20 km/h
Conditions:
Calm,
Light Turbulence |
Paraglider
Wing:
Advance
Omega 8
Launch Type:
Foot |
Pilot was ridge soaring when hang glider took off into his path. Pilot was boxed in by HG pilot, forcing him into turbulent area and narrowly avoiding a mid-air collision.
|
Unhurt |
|
13.03.2017 |
Male
Age:
64
Rating:
P
Flying Experience:
20 years
435 hours
(30 hours)
|
Devils Dyke,
UK
Wind Strength:
10-15 km/h
Conditions:
Calm,
Light Turbulence |
Paraglider
Wing:
Skywalk
Chili 3
Launch Type:
Foot |
Pilot continued to slope soar in weak conditions hoping to find lifting air but without success. Pilot failed to clear tree line and landed in the trees.
|
Unhurt |
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