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 2542 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 13.09.2011	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: Under training	Location Signal DBisanne, France Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Cruzer 2 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student encountered unexpected sink on approach and glider caught on low voltage power line.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 12.09.2011	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: Under training	Location Planfait, France Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Aeros Style 2 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student lost control of glider while ridge soaring. Landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Chipped teeth
Date 09.09.2011	Pilot Female Age: 52 Rating: P	Location Ager, Spain Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Raven Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot lost control of glider on launch and was dragged.	Injury Pilot: Fr ribs, perf lung, cust and grazes.
Date 29.08.2011	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: Under training	Location St Catherines, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot stumbled on take off as could not keep up with wing.	Injury Pilot: Fr humerus
Date 28.08.2011	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: CP	Location Newgale Beach, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot flew in area of turbulent air in lee of outcrop. Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse and collided with cliff face.	Injury Pilot: Fatal
Date 23.08.2011	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: P	Location UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Little Cloud Spiruline	Summary During daily inspection pilot noticed unusual wear to inside of riser where it attaches to harness attachment karabiner. Possible mismatch between light weight krab and riser.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 21.08.2011	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: Under training	Location Muggery Bottom, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student did not correct course into wind as he approached landing area. Landed awkwardly.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 14.08.2011	Pilot Male Age: 29	Location Rhossili, UK Wind Strength: 28-34 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot came out of spiral dive too fast and too close to hill. Glider unloaded and pilot hit ground before wing recovered.	Injury Pilot: Unknown
Date 01.08.2011	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: CP	Location Newhaven Cliffs, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sol Ellus 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary After experiencing sinking air pilot did not have enough height to make landing area. Crashed into ice-cream van.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 01.08.2011	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P	Location Annecy, France Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse that recovered into spiral dive. Pilot crashed into bushes but was unhurt. Risers set at 60+ cm probable cause of failed recovery.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 15 October 2025

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