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:

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).

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 2515 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports

Date 27.05.2012	Pilot Female Age: 37 Flying Experience: 1 hour 30 flights	Location Loose Bottom, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student on CP course failed to turn away from the ridge and impacted cross slope.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs

Date 25.05.2012	Pilot Male Age: 37 Flying Experience: 14 years 10 hours 38 flights	Location The String, Aaran, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Bolero 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student used excessive brake on reverse launch and was lifted off his feet. Student swung round and was dragged.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder

Date 22.05.2012	Pilot Rating: P Flying Experience: 100 hours 100 flights	Location Rhos Dirion, Talgarth Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Bi Golden 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged wind on approach to top landing and landed heavily crosswind.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs Passenger: Seriously Injured Feet, Legs

Date 21.05.2012	Pilot Male Rating: P Flying Experience: 17 years 400 hours	Location Merthyr, Wales, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Bi-Beta Launch Type: Foot	Summary In a rush to get launched in decreasing winds the pilot failed to clip himself onto the tandem glider. Pilot held on to spreaders until landing. Never more than 2 - 3m off the ground.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Unhurt

Date 12.05.2012	Pilot Male Age: 34 Flying Experience: 1 hour	Location Firle, Brighton, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Bolero 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student landed cross wind with leg outstretched.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs

Date 08.05.2012	Pilot Male Age: 21 Flying Experience: 1 hour	Location Hack, Bavaria, Germany Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Cruiser Launch Type: Foot	Summary Glider launched asymmetrically pulling student to one side. Student tripped and fell attempting to get under canopy.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs

Date 03.05.2012	Pilot Male Age: 68 Flying Experience: 39 years	Location Soldeu, Andorra Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Paratech P11 Light Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was not concentrating and misjudged landing approach hitting wall with leg.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs

Date 15.04.2012	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: P Flying Experience: 21 years 200 hours	Location Tinto, Scotland, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Chili Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had midair collision with another paraglider and suffered an asymmetric collapse. Pilot had difficulty deploying emergency parachute and later found it had become entangled with the line holding his vario.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 15.04.2012	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P Flying Experience: 2000 hours	Location Codden, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Artik 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost control in thermic and gusty conditions.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured

Date 15.04.2012	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 18 years 1000 hours	Location Corn Du, Hundred House, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot over braked glider when in accelerated air flow and glider collapsed. On reinflation the glider had a cravat which the pilot pumped out. The glider then stalled and the pilot crashed before he could deploy his parachute.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Thorax

Last updated: 11 July 2025

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