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 2515 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 16.03.2012	Pilot Male Age: 53	Location Agruegour, Morocco Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Despite being told to head out to landing area, student continued to attempt to soar. Student lost height and was forced to make cross slope landing to avoid power lines.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 12.03.2012	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 18 years 192 hours 389 flights	Location Bradwell Edge, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot made two failed launch attempts before finally managing to become airborne under control.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.03.2012	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P Flying Experience: 36 years 800 hours	Location Leadlich, Scotland, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Aspen 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot launched in variable conditions and suffered an asymmetric collapse shortly after launch. Glider then stalled and pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 11.03.2012	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 15 years 120 hours 200 flights	Location Driffield Airfield, Driffield, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Pilot went off line during tow launch. Winch operator cut the line but pilot did not control the dive and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 08.03.2012	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P Flying Experience: 22 years 139 hours 400 flights	Location Portland West, Dorset, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot underestimated the change in wind direction and landed heavily crosswind on rising ground.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Thoracic Spine
Date 01.02.2012	Pilot Male Rating: CP Flying Experience: 15 years 15 hours 17 flights	Location Taunton Repack, Taunton, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 4	Summary During a deployment and repack session the pilot found his parachute would not deploy. It was found to be incorrectly packed. It was then repacked correctly.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 09.01.2012	Pilot Male Age: 64 Rating: P	Location Bishop Hill, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mamboo Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot inflated glider in gusty conditions and was lifted up and dumped down on shoulder.	Injury Pilot: Fr collarbone
Date 09.01.2012	Pilot Male Age: 64 Rating: P Flying Experience: 27 years 460 hours 730 flights	Location Bishop Hill, Scotland, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mamboo Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot built a wall with his paraglider in preparation to launch. As he launched the glider a gust of wind lifted him off his feet and he fell heavily on his shoulder.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
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

Last updated: 11 July 2025

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