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 2452 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 18.08.2010	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP	Location Tinto South, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot got into difficulties in strong wind and was seen to drift back over top of hill where he subsequently crashed.	Injury Pilot: Back injuries
Date 15.08.2010	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: P	Location Aonach Mor, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot encountered unexpected sink on approach and turned sharply to avoid parked cars. Glider stalled and pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebra
Date 10.08.2010	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: P	Location Disgwylfa Fawr, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Boomerang sport Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot hit sink on approach and was not able to get legs down before harness struck rock hidden by the grass.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebra
Date 08.08.2010	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: AP	Location Bradwell Edge, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Axis Vega 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered mid-air collision with another paraglider. Luckily, both landed safely as contact was minimal.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 08.08.2010	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: AP	Location N Ireland, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse on approach.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebrae
Date 27.07.2010	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P	Location Harlech, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Ibex Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot did not manage to get airborne in prevailing conditions and crashed into wall at end of launch area.	Injury Pilot: Fractured heel and wrist.
Date 23.07.2010	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: CP	Location Selsley, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered black out while on final approach and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Grazed face
Date 23.07.2010	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: CP	Location Perran Sands, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot landed heavily while still in turn, having avoided another pilot who had lifted his wing into the air close to chosen landing spot.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist
Date 19.07.2010	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: Under training	Location Mount Caburn, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at 15m agl. Glider dived on recovery and pilot hit the ground hard.	Injury Pilot: Fr shoulder and leg
Date 11.07.2010	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P	Location Bell Hill, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Golden 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot took off after having ground handled for some time. He discovered that the leg straps had slackened to the point he could not get into the harness without releasing the controls and forcing himself back into the seat.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 2 December 2024

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