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 2497 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 31.08.2010	Pilot Female Age: 40 Rating: Under training	Location Charlton Clumps, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Merlin Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary On first flight student took a few steps but then jumped before glider properly flying. Fell heavily on knee.	Injury Pilot: Torn ligaments in knee
Date 30.08.2010	Pilot Male Age: 40	Location Tinto North, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot stalled glider at about 10m while on approach.	Injury Pilot: Back injuries
Date 29.08.2010	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: AP	Location St Andre Les Alps, France Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave FR3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse and subsequent cravat due to slipping trimmer. Deployed parachute but main reinflated. Pilot struggled to pull in main canopy and landed heavily in trees.	Injury Pilot: Bruised abdomen and meat and two veg!!
Date 29.08.2010	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: AP	Location St Andre, France Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mantra M3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot misjudged conditions on a glide and failed to leave enough height to clear tree. Pilot landed in tree without injury.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 28.08.2010	Pilot Male Age: 43	Location Staddon Heights, UK Wind Strength: 35-40 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot attempted to launch from area in turbulence due to strong, gusty winds. Pilot was immediately lifted 15 to 20m into the air where he suffered an asymmetric collapse. The glider then turned and dived into the hill.	Injury Unknown
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

Last updated: 21 June 2025

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