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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 all wing types 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 3134 entries for all wing types

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Date Pilot Location Wing Type Summary Injury
08.04.2023 Male

Age:
60

Rating:
P

Flying Experience:
28 years
900 hours
(22 hours)

Rushup Edge,
UK

Wind Strength:
5-10 km/h

Conditions:
Strong,
Moderate Turbulence
Paraglider

Wing:
Ozone
Alpina 3

Launch Type:
Foot
Pilot encountered turbulent rising and sinking air while on approach to landing. At approx 2m pilot hit big sink and landed heavily.

Minor Injuries,
Feet, Legs

08.04.2023 Male

Age:
60

Rating:
CP

Flying Experience:
2 years
1 hours
(1 hours)

Glyderau,
UK

Wind Strength:
20-25 km/h
Paraglider

Wing:
Advance
Epsilon 9
Pilot was dragged uphill on reverse launch, lost balance and banged ribs on a rock.

Minor Injuries
07.04.2023 Male

Age:
75

Rating:
P

Flying Experience:
21 years
1000 hours
(10 hours)

Constitution Hill,
UK
Paraglider

Wing:
Gin
Explorer

Launch Type:
Foot
Pilot encountered turbulent sinking air having flown over a spur to land on the beach. Pilot made tight turn to land more into wind but glider spun and pilot landed in the sea.

Unhurt
07.04.2023 Male

Age:
62

Rating:
P

Flying Experience:
27 years
158 hours
(4 hours)

Combe Gibbet,
UK

Wind Strength:
5-10 km/h

Conditions:
Calm,
Not Turbulent
Paraglider

Wing:
Ozone
Alpina

Launch Type:
Foot
Pilot had near miss while ridge soaring having failed to move out to allow another pilot right of way while on a head on course. Pilot left decision too late to take avoiding action.

Unhurt
02.04.2023 Male

Age:
68

Rating:
P

Flying Experience:
40 years
1000 hours

Filey Bay,
UK

Wind Strength:
20-25 km/h

Conditions:,
Light Turbulence
Paraglider

Wing:
Macpara
Eden7

Launch Type:
Foot
While coastal soaring just below cliff top height pilot caught lines on a bush. This caused an asymmetric collapse that the pilot was able to recover from before bottom landing.

Unhurt
02.04.2023 Male

Age:
54

Rating:
P

Flying Experience:
17 years
238 hours
(10 hours)

Pontlottyn,
UK

Wind Strength:
10-15 km/h

Conditions:
Moderate,
Moderate Turbulence
Paraglider

Wing:
Gin
Explorer 2

Launch Type:
Foot
Pilot suffered 50% asymmetric collapse on exiting a thermal resulting in a cravat. Pilot attempted to release cravat but was drifting towards power lines. Pilot stalled glider into hill in avoiding the power lines. Pilot says SIV course helped deal with situation.

Minor Injuries,
Feet, Legs

01.04.2023 Male

Age:
52

Rating:
AP

Flying Experience:
24 years
4000 hours
(50 hours)

Firle,
UK

Wind Strength:
20-25 km/h

Conditions:,
Not Turbulent


Launch Type:
Foot
Pilot and passenger were dragged on launch after falling over. It was discovered that the P2's foot had gone through the foot loop on the pilot's flying suit, causing then to fall over.

Pilot:
Unhurt

Passenger:
Unhurt
01.04.2023 Male

Age:
56

Rating:
CP

Flying Experience:
1 year

Aglou,
Morocco

Wind Strength:
10-15 km/h

Conditions:
Calm,
Not Turbulent
Paraglider

Wing:
Nova
ION 5

Launch Type:
Foot
Shortly after take off on a downwind beat on a ridge soaring flight, pilot collided with a boulder on the slope.

Seriously Injured,
Thoracic Spine

19.03.2023 Male

Age:
60

Rating:
P

Flying Experience:
9 years
150 hours
(10 hours)

Parlick,
UK

Wind Strength:
10-15 km/h

Conditions:
Calm,
Not Turbulent
Paraglider

Wing:
Advance
Iota DLS

Launch Type:
Foot
Pilot failed to put leg through leg loop one fastening new harness. Pilot took off and slipped down through harness to hang by arms. Pilot rotated into the hill having let go of one of the brakes due to it being twisted causing a weight shift turn.

Minor Injuries
15.03.2023 Male

Age:
63

Flying Experience:
9 years
250 hours
(20 hours)

The Warren, Capel le Ferne,
UK

Wind Strength:
20-25 km/h

Conditions:
Calm,
Moderate Turbulence
Paraglider

Wing:
Advance
Iota2

Launch Type:
Foot
Pilot landed in gusty conditions. Landed OK and then failed to control wing after being hit by a strong gust. Lost balance and was dragged to boundary of field. Wing impacted a large pile of rubble and sustained significant damage.

Unhurt
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Last updated: 29 March 2024

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