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 10.10.2009	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P	Location Monterey, USA Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Chili Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Landed on sand and went over on leg causing break to Fib.	Injury Pilot: Fr fibula
Date 04.10.2009	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: P	Location Devils Dyke, UK Wind Strength: 28-34 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Scenic Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot deployed quick-outs while top landing in strong wind. Quick-out did not release and glider was lifted back into the air. Quick-outs then released and pilot and passenger landed firmly from 2-3m unhurt.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 01.10.2009	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP	Location Clough Head, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary On touching down in breezy conditions pilot was lifted back up by gust and swung into dry stone wall.	Injury Pilot: Fr humerus, fr ribs.
Date 26.09.2009	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P	Location Llangollen, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Mac Eden 3 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot flew into sinking air while low over trees. Landed in tree tops.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 25.09.2009	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP	Location Worcester Beacon, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mamboo Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse on final approach. Glider then spun and pilot landed in tree unhurt.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 24.09.2009	Pilot Male Age: 67 Rating: P	Location Devils Dyke, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary While pilot was coming in to land and at approx 5m above the ground another pilot attempted to launch directly in front. Pilot landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 24.09.2009	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: P	Location Devils Dyke, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot carried out normal slope landing but experienced pain. Suspects aggravation of leg injury sustained week previous.	Injury Pilot: Fr leg
Date 18.09.2009	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P	Location Mam Tor, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Artax Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot stalled glider at 5m on final approach landing heavily.	Injury Pilot: Bruised back
Date 09.09.2009	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: P	Location Hay Bluff, UK Wind Strength: 35-40 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Rookie Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Whilst walking to lower, less windy take off with glider bunched over shoulder, glider reinflated and dragged pilot back up and over launch.	Injury Pilot: Fr tibia, fibula and patella.
Date 08.09.2009	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: Under training	Location Bissane, France Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Everest Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student stalled glider at 20m having overcorrected final turn into wind.	Injury Pilot: Slight bruising, possible pulled thigh muscle.

Last updated: 21 June 2025

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