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British Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association

British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association

Incident Reports - Informal Investigations

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:

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.

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If available, total hours flown and hours flown in the previous six months are included below, with the latter displayed in brackets.

There are 2349 entries for paraglider wings

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Date Pilot Location Wing Type Summary Injury
12.09.2022 Male

Age:
57

Rating:
CP

Flying Experience:
56 hours
(5 hours)

Levante SE landing field,
Spain

Wind Strength:
5-10 km/h

Conditions:
Calm,
Moderate Turbulence
Paraglider

Wing:
Axis
Pluto 2

Launch Type:
Foot
The pilot released big ears and gave two deep hard pumps on both brakes to attempt to clear the ears. The glider entered a stall and the pilot put hands up resulting in an immediate surge forward resulting in frontal collapse and rapid height loss.

Seriously Injured
11.09.2022 Male

Age:
70

Rating:
CP

Flying Experience:
10 years
24 hours
(2 hours)

Plaine Joux,
France

Wind Strength:
0-5 km/h

Conditions:
Calm,
Not Turbulent
Paraglider

Wing:
Advance
Epsilon 8

Launch Type:
Foot
Pilot took off but had not fastened his leg loops. Pilot steered towards the trees with difficulty. Pilot crashed into trees and fell to the ground.

Seriously Injured
11.09.2022 Female

Age:
48

Rating:
P

Flying Experience:
24 years
70 hours
(20 hours)

Rutland,
UK

Wind Strength:
5-10 km/h

Conditions:
Calm,
Not Turbulent
Paraglider

Wing:
Advance
Epsilon 9

Launch Type:
Winch/vehicle Tow
Pilot was unable to release Gin tow bridal from winch line as the locking pin was inserted too far into the loop of the three ring circus. With the loop going over the eye of the locking pin. Winch operator cut line and pilot eventually 'S' turned down to land.

Unhurt
02.09.2022 Male

Age:
63

Rating:
P

Flying Experience:
33 years
600 hours
(50 hours)

Parlick East Face,
UK

Wind Strength:
20-25 km/h

Conditions:
Moderate,
Light Turbulence
Paraglider

Wing:
BGD
Base 2

Launch Type:
Foot
Pilot encountered turbulence flying in strong conditions influenced by wave. Pilot lost control of the glider, which had possibly cravatted, and deployed his parachute. Pilot landed safely.

Unhurt
30.08.2022 Male

Age:
50

Rating:
CP

Flying Experience:
2 years

Treak Cliff,
UK

Wind Strength:
30-35 km/h
Paraglider Pilot flew in the lee of a spine back ridge in very windy conditions on the way to a landing field. Pilot experienced severe turbulence and deployed parachute. Pilot landed unhurt.

Unhurt
28.08.2022 Male

Flying Experience:
4 years

Blaenavon,
UK
Paraglider

Wing:
Uturn
On transferring the pilots parachute to a new harness, a pull check revealed a manufacturing problem which meant the parachute wouldn't deploy. An incorrectly installed harness eyelet was left with open teeth that snagged on the fabric of the inner container making deployment impossible.

Pilot:
Unhurt

Passenger:
Unhurt
25.08.2022 Male

Age:
52

Rating:
P

Flying Experience:
36 years
400 hours
(40 hours)

Forclaz,
France

Wind Strength:
5-10 km/h

Conditions:
Calm,
Moderate Turbulence
Paraglider

Wing:
Ozone
Alpina 3

Launch Type:
Foot
Pilot launched with leg strap undone. The other strap was a step through one. Bracing strap and chest strap were done up. Pilot shocked to notice undone strap just after take off but was unable to fasten in-flight. Pilot landed safely.

Unhurt
25.08.2022 Male

Age:
47

Rating:
CP

Flying Experience:
2 years
4 hours

Llangollen,
UK
Paraglider

Wing:
Ozone
Buzz 6

Launch Type:
Foot
Pilot launched then released the controls to get into his harness. Glider suffered an asymmetric collapse and the glider rotated into the hillside before the pilot could regain control.

Seriously Injured,
Feet, Legs

21.08.2022 Male

Age:
54

Rating:
CP

Flying Experience:
1 year
9 hours
(9 hours)

Mount Caburn,
UK

Wind Strength:
20-25 km/h

Conditions:
Calm,
Moderate Turbulence
Paraglider

Wing:
Mojo
6

Launch Type:
Foot
Pilot continued to scratch on slope despite descending and got too low to make the landing field. Pilot made low turn to try and get into wind but failed to do so and landed heavily.

Minor Injuries
14.08.2022 Male

Age:
57

Rating:
P

Flying Experience:
4 years
420 hours
(130 hours)

Malverns - kettle Sings,
UK

Wind Strength:
5-10 km/h

Conditions:
Strong,
Strong Turbulence
Paraglider

Wing:
Ozone
Delta 4

Launch Type:
Foot
Pilot encountered severe lee side turbulence while thermalling in a bowl close to launch. Glider suffered a series of asymmetric collapses resulting in a cravat. Pilot deployed parachute at low level, which opened quickly. Pilot touched down safely.

Unhurt
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Last updated: 7 December 2023

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