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 23.05.2010	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P	Location Gt fransham, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Axis Vega Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Pilot misjudged approach and hit top of tree. Glider overflew and pulled pilot 20ft to ground.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebrae, broken ribs
Date 23.05.2010	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: CP	Location Gyrn Moelfre, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot flew too far back on approach to top land and was caught in rotor.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebrae
Date 18.05.2010	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: CP	Location Bridlington, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 4 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot failed to turn into wind fully and also to brake fully when landing. Landed heavily on harness.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 17.05.2010	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: P	Location Swinside, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Swift Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot misjudged approach while attempting to land beside car. Caught harness on barb wire fence and fell back into riverbed.	Injury Pilot: Fr pelvis
Date 06.05.2010	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: Under training	Location Church Hill, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Fides 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student flew into bush on approach to landing.	Injury Pilot: Bruised back
Date 05.05.2010	Pilot Male Age: 27 Rating: P	Location Combe Gibbet, UK Wind Strength: 28-34 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Atis 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot attempted reverse launch in strong wind but did not notice knot in lines. Pilot was dragged into fence.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 01.05.2010	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: CP	Location Chapel Porth, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was unable to run off speed during slope landing and hit elbow on hillside.	Injury Pilot: Dislocated elbow
Date 21.04.2010	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: P	Location Grasmere Wind Strength: 28-34 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus 5 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered heavy landing having landed in unexpected valley wind.	Injury Pilot: Bruised pelvis
Date 19.04.2010	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P	Location Kobala, Slovenia Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sol Synergy Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse while thermalling. Made corrective input but wing continued to turn back towards hill.	Injury Pilot: Fr t11 vertebra
Date 18.04.2010	Pilot Female Age: 35 Rating: Under training	Location Muggery, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Karma Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student gave excessive input causing glider to turn sharply. On hands up recovery glider surged and student struck slope.	Injury Pilot: Bruised back

Last updated: 2 December 2024

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