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 2493 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 13.03.2010	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: CP	Location Coombe Gibbet, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot landed normally on slope/top landing when wing caused him to twist and fall over.	Injury Pilot: Sprained knee ligaments
Date 10.03.2010	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: Under training	Location Nigels, Morocco Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Electron Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary While on a soaring task, student turned towards hill and landed heavily amongst rocks.	Injury Pilot: Sprained ankle, cuts and bruises to arms and legs
Date 08.03.2010	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: P	Location Blease Fell, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot lost height immediately after take-off and struck rock on approach to landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr arm
Date 07.03.2010	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: CP	Location Nigels, Morocco Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at low level having drifted behind ridge in 360.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebrae
Date 06.03.2010	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: Under training	Location Simon Fell, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary During ground training student used heavy control inputs causing glider to collapse. Student fell forward dislocating previously injured shoulder.	Injury Pilot: Dislocated shoulder
Date 01.03.2010	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: Under training	Location Merthyr, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Rookie Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student got too close to ridge while attempting to ridge soar. Hit ridge.	Injury Pilot: Bruised arm
Date 01.03.2010	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: Under training	Location SE landing field, Spain Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student grabbed risers and lifted legs during initial practice hop. Fell forward onto knee.	Injury Pilot: Bruised knee
Date 01.02.2010	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: CP	Location Bell Hill, UK Wind Strength: 28-34 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Logic Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot took off from lower slope due to strong winds. He was then blown back over the top and dragged into a car and fence.	Injury Pilot: Cut face and bruising
Date 01.02.2010	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: AP	Location UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary Pilot noticed that parachute handle on Gin Gringo Airlite harness was prone to accidental detachment if stiffener plate was at all bent.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 23.01.2010	Pilot Male Age: 66 Rating: P	Location Monksdown, UK Wind Strength: 28-34 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Artax Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Flying in strong and increasing winds, pilot decided to slope land. Pilot landed heavily and was dragged up slope.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist

Last updated: 21 May 2025

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