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 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
Date 25.06.2010	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: Under training	Location Charlton Clump, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Merlin Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Student failed to flare on landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 24.06.2010	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: CP	Location Chia, Spain Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot misjudged approach and collided with wall.	Injury Pilot: Fractured ankle
Date 22.06.2010	Pilot Male Age: 66 Rating: P	Location Eype, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Helicopter passed close to paraglider pilots soaring the cliffs.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 21.06.2010	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: P	Location Snowdon, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Electron Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot became disoriented went off course during flight down Snowdon. Suffered asymmetric collapses on lee of spur.	Injury Pilot: Fractured feet, legs, pelvis and spine.
Date 18.06.2010	Pilot Male Age: 21 Rating: Under training	Location Blaenavon, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Rookie Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student overcorrected shortly after take off resulting in pendulum into hillside. No injuries.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 15 October 2025

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