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).

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 2544 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 14.04.2012	Pilot Female Age: 51 Rating: P Flying Experience: 30 years 800 hours 500 flights	Location Torr Head, N Ireland, UK Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Axis Comet Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot landed going backwards in strong winds and attempted to pull A risers to collapse the glider. Glider reinflated and dragged pilot.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 12.04.2012	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: P Flying Experience: 20 years 150 hours	Location Tinto, Scotland, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Golden Launch Type: Foot	Summary While flying in light thermic conditions, Pilot had mid-air collision with another paraglider. Both landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 07.04.2012	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 15 years 30 hours 15 flights	Location Firle, Newhaven, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Mac Para Muse 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot applied heavy brakes on approach to bottom landing field and stalled from approx 15m.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 06.04.2012	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 15 years 35 hours 55 flights	Location Dunstable Downs, Dunstable, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Mescal 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was dragged by a gust of wind having just collapsed his glider. Pilot's foot became caught in lines.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 01.04.2012	Pilot Female Age: 47 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 16 years 14 hours 99 flights	Location Big Fat Repack, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element	Summary During a deployment and repack practise the pilot found that the emergency parachute would not deploy. It had been packed in the harness incorrectly. Parachute was then correctly fitted by a qualified packer and functioned correctly.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 01.04.2012	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 16 years 60 hours 149 flights	Location Bradwell Edge, Deryshire, Austria Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was caught out by rotor on landing in increasing wind strength.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 26.03.2012	Pilot Male Age: 64 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 22 years 22 hours 93 flights	Location Pinnacle Hill, Malvern, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: UP Makalu Launch Type: Foot	Summary After two failed launches the pilot did not realise he had turned to face the glider in the opposite way to his normal routine. On launching the third time the pilot found he had a full twist in his risers. The pilot was lifted by a gust and crashed sideways.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 22.03.2012	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: Trainee Flying Experience: 3 hours 33 flights	Location Trainon, Laragne, France Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student had good flight but made final turn in to wind a little too late. Landed with slight pendulum.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 21.03.2012	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 14 years 80 hours 188 flights	Location Ffarmers, Lampeter, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Sprint Evo Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost height unexpectedly while ridge soaring and could not turn away from the ridge in time to prevent impact.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 18.03.2012	Pilot Female Age: 51 Rating: P Flying Experience: 100 hours	Location Cenes, Spain Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered an asymmetric collapse in turbulent air resulting in twisted risers and spiral dive. Pilot successfully deployed emergency parachute but landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine

Last updated: 10 December 2025

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