British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association

Incident Reports (Informal)

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:

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

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.

If you want to search by incident date, please enter the day, month and year numerically as dd-mm-yyyy (eg. 03-12-2019).

All Wing Types Paraglider Flexwing Hang Glider Rigid Hang Glider Speedrider Speedflyer/Miniwing Powered PG Powered HG Other

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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.

There are 3308 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 19.02.2025	Pilot Rating: Unknown	Location Les Contamines, Les Contamines, France	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Unknown paraglider Unknown	Summary A paraglider landed on the shooting range whilst it was in use by biathlon competitors, directly in front of a shooter. There were no reported injuries. It was reported on a local pilots' network that the pilot was British.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 08.02.2025	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 2 years 13 hours (2 hours) 56 flights (8 flights)	Location Liathach, Northwest Highlands, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 7 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot momentarily lost control of their paraglider on launch and their harness contacted sharp rocks causing damage. The flight was carried out without further incident.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 01.02.2025	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: P Flying Experience: 38 years 3200 hours (175 hours)	Location Los Tanques, Roldanillo, Colombia Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Enzo 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilots were thermalling in a gaggle and the top surface of one glider contacted the underneath of the other pilot's harness. No entanglement or further issues reported. Both gliders separated and continued to thermal.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 01.02.2025	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 1 year 1 hour (1 hour) 2 flights (2 flights)	Location Beachy Head, Eastbourne, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 7 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot collided with a tree after encountering sinking air.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 01.02.2025	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: P	Location None, None, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Genie Lite 3 (harness)	Summary The pilot performed a simulated emergency parachute deployment from their Gin Genie Lite 3 pod harness. The pilot reported struggling to grasp the deployment handle (fitted to the right hand side of the harness) whilst wearing winter gloves.	Injury Unknown
Date 30.01.2025	Pilot Female Age: 40 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 5 years 220 hours (25 hours) 600 flights (50 flights)	Location Devil's Dyke, East Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Phi Maestro 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot applied the accelerator system of their Advance Weightless harness and were on "half bar" when the speedbar snapped under their foot. They were able to land without further incident.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 23.01.2025	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: P Flying Experience: 17 years 850 hours (75 hours) 500 flights (25 flights)	Location XC, Colombia Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Photon Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot landed fast downwind in a wind that was switching regularly due to thermic activity.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 21.01.2025	Pilot Male Age: 28 Rating: P Flying Experience: 11 years 1000 hours (56 hours) 500 flights (19 flights)	Location XC, Roldanillo, Colombia Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Zeno 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Two paragliders came into contact whilst thermalling during a competition task. No reported injury or EP deployment.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 19.01.2025	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: P Flying Experience: 38 years 3300 hours (175 hours)	Location Los Tanques, Roldanillo, Colombia Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Enzo 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary During an end of competition task flight, the pilot chose to fly past a suitable landing area and pushed on towards gliders climbing ahead, despite the lack of suitable further landing options. They chose to land in a tree as the only option.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 16.01.2025	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: P Flying Experience: 9 years 435 hours (25 hours) 748 flights (50 flights)	Location Rhossili, South Wales, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: SupAir Pilot Helmet Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot attempted to adjust clothing around their neck whilst in flight and inadvertently activated the release mechanism of their SupAir Pilot helmet, which fell off.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 17 July 2025

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