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 2493 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 21.05.2011	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P	Location Barton on Sea, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse while approaching cliff top landing area. Ended up in rotor and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr humerus and dislocated shoulder.
Date 11.05.2011	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: CP	Location Chale Terrace, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Merlin Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot misjudged approach in weakening conditions and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr fibula, dislocated ankle.
Date 11.05.2011	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: P	Location Shrivenham, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 3 Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Tow yoke came apart at approx 600ft. Pilot released and landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 25.04.2011	Pilot Female Age: 33 Rating: Under training	Location Rabon, France Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student failed to flare after low hop and did not run on landing so fell over.	Injury Pilot: Fractured heel.
Date 24.04.2011	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: P	Location Clough Head, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Swift Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered major collapse and stall having failed to notice brake lines knotted to C lines during pre-flight checks.	Injury Pilot: Fr l2 vertebra. fr wrist. sprained ankle.
Date 17.04.2011	Pilot Female Age: 31 Rating: P	Location Malverns, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot failed to carry out adequate pre flight check and turned wrong way on reverse launch. Pilot lost control and caught foot on another glider causing some damage.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 10.04.2011	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: P	Location Myreton, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Prion Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot lost height while soaring and failed to account for shape of hill/slope. Landed heavily on rock.	Injury Pilot: Crushed t11 vertebra
Date 08.04.2011	Pilot Male Age: 24 Rating: Under training	Location Merthyr, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 4 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student failed to get fully in to wind for landing and also failed to flare. Landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fractured foot
Date 28.03.2011	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: Under training	Location Moel Feity, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 4 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student made normal flight but stumbled on landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr finger
Date 22.03.2011	Pilot Male Age: 28 Rating: Under training	Location Heol Senni, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 4 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student misjudged approach and struck foot on rocks.	Injury Pilot: Possible fr heel.

Last updated: 16 May 2025

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