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 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
Date 09.07.2010	Pilot Female Age: 22 Rating: Under training	Location Signal de Bisanne, France Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Tequila Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student made uncommitted run in light conditions and collided with a tree.	Injury Pilot: Bruising and grazes
Date 02.07.2010	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: CP	Location Forclaz, France Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mamboo Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot encountered sink shortly after take-off and landed in a tree.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 30.06.2010	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: Under training	Location Bennan, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 3 Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Student was briefed for soaring flight but lost lift and headed to bottom landing. Student landed crosswind with no plf.	Injury Pilot: Badly sprained ankle
Date 27.06.2010	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P	Location Mt Caburn, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: UP Trango XC Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot caused glider to spin while attempting to thermal on a demo wing. Pilot deliberately stalled, to avoid rotating into hill and crashed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Sore shoulder
Date 27.06.2010	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: P	Location Eyam Edge, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mantra M3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot encountered turbulent air on way to landing field. Recovered from a number of collapses but then could not reach chosen field. Forced to land in tree.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 21 June 2025

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