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 2497 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 08.01.2012	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: Under training	Location Ditchling Beacon, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 110-130 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student failed to flare on landing and slid in seated catching foot in soft earth.	Injury Pilot: Fr fibula and tibia
Date 08.01.2012	Pilot Male Age: 41 11 flights	Location Ditchling Beacon, Brighton, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student did not flare on landing and stayed in seated position. Caught foot under harness seat.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 20.11.2011	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: Under training	Location High and Over, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 5 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student sat back in harness too soon and was not in position to run as glider came back down. Landed awkwardly on ankle.	Injury Pilot: Sprained ankle
Date 01.11.2011	Pilot Male Age: 23 Rating: CP	Location Bulbarrow, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Addict 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot misjudged height loss and wind direction during a 360. Landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr heel
Date 23.10.2011	Pilot Female Age: 36 Rating: CP	Location Conil de la Frontera, Spain Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Hook 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot stalled glider from 10m as a result of slowing glider too much prior to landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr t10, t11 and l3 vertebrae.
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

Last updated: 21 June 2025

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