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

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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 2452 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 15.10.2011	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: Under training	Location Muggery Bottom, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student had perfect flight with good flare and soft landing. Somehow dislocated patella.	Injury Pilot: Dislocated patella.
Date 15.10.2011	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: CP	Location Glyders, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Aspen 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot entered stall while thermalling. Glider rotated before stalling again. Pilot did not attempt to deploy emergency parachute and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr l1 and l2 vertebrae
Date 15.10.2011	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: P	Location Godrevy, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot spun glider exiting 360 degree turn due to flying with insufficient airspeed.	Injury Pilot: Fr c6, c7 and t6 vertebrae
Date 15.10.2011	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: P	Location Mere, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 8 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot had airprox with sailplane. Report filed.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.10.2011	Pilot Male Age: 67 Rating: Under training	Location Lijar Levante, Spain Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student suffered mid-air collision with student from another school. Both landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 01.10.2011	Pilot Male Age: 25 Rating: Under training	Location Muggery Bottom, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student landed in gentle turn and did not flare hard enough. Landed awkwardly.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 30.09.2011	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: CP	Location Tinto, UK Wind Strength: 41-48 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Swift Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was seen to take off in extremely strong winds before being blown back into a dry stone wall.	Injury Pilot: Fatal
Date 24.09.2011	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: Under training	Location Mount Caburn, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student failed to execute proper flare on landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist
Date 20.09.2011	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: CP	Location Annecy, France Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz 3 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot approached down wind and crashed into trees and house. Radio found to be on wrong frequency.	Injury Pilot: Injured back, ribs and concussion.
Date 18.09.2011	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: Under training	Location Devils Dyke, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Logic Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student failed to follow flight plan and flew over trees. Realising he would not clear the trees he executed tree landing procedure.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 2 December 2024

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