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).

All Wing Types Paraglider Flexwing Hang Glider Rigid Hang Glider Speedrider Speedflyer/Miniwing Powered PG Powered HG Other

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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 2455 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 21.03.2009	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: P	Location Liddington, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at low level while facing away from the hill. Glider turned 180 degrees during recovery and pilot impacted hill.	Injury Pilot: Sprained ankle
Date 19.03.2009	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: P	Location Malvern, UK Wind Strength: 28-34 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mamboo L Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot twisted ankle while turning during reverse launch.	Injury Pilot: Bruised ankle
Date 16.03.2009	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: CP	Location Milk Hill, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered mid-air collision with another paraglider causing glider to collapse and fall to ground.	Injury Pilot: Tissue damage to back
Date 16.03.2009	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: Under training	Location Milk Hill, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered mid-air collision with another paraglider resulting in both falling to the ground.	Injury Pilot: Tissue damage to back
Date 15.02.2009	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: CP	Location Butser West, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Z-One Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot had mid-air with large scale model but landed safely and without injury.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.02.2009	Pilot Male Age: 73 Rating: Novice	Location Muggery, west slope., UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima 30 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student failed to flare on straight hop flight landing heavily.	Injury Pilot: Damaged ankle
Date 11.02.2009	Pilot Male Age: 70 Rating: CP	Location Cwmtydu, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Super Space 27 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot caught out by reduced lift due to wind being further off than expected. Pilot lost height and was forced to land on rocks at base of cliff.	Injury Pilot: Fr heel, bruising.
Date 10.01.2009	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP	Location Les Tieilles, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Rookie Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot altered approach at last minute due to glider ground handling in chosen approach path. Resulted in low turn and probable out of wind landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr t1 vertebra
Date 02.01.2009	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: CP	Location Farway, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Golden 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was turned into hill having encountered unexpected turbulence.	Injury Pilot: Fr heel.
Date 30.12.2008	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: CP	Location Barkin Fell, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot encountered severe sink immediately after takeoff and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Dislocated shoulder

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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