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 2455 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 22.12.2008	Pilot Female Age: 33 Rating: CP	Location Hells Mouth, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Pilot stalled glider at approx 15ft while on tow and landed heavily on back.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebra
Date 02.11.2008	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: Novice	Location Ligzira, Morocco	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Flying Planet Spirit Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student let off brakes on shallow slope launch causing glider to dive forward and student struck boulder with foot.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 26.10.2008	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: AP	Location Rotang Pass, India Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Zulu Explorer Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was caught out by change of expected wind direction on approach. Elected to land beside river as only available option. Glider landed in river and pilot was dragged into fast flowing water. Dragged 200m before able to escape.	Injury Pilot: Bruising
Date 24.10.2008	Pilot Male Age: 28 Rating: CP	Location Butser Hill, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Brontes Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was caught out by drop in wind speed and elected to slope land. Pilot applied both brakes to avoid bushes but glider then dived forward and pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr foot
Date 28.09.2008	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: Novice	Location Wether Fell, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: U-Turn Infinity Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student drifted too far back while ridge soaring and collided with stone wall.	Injury Pilot: Fr both ankles and a wrist.
Date 28.09.2008	Pilot Male Age: 41	Location Leadlich, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse then spiral to ground flying in increasingly windy and turbulent conditions.	Injury Pilot: Fr pelvis, nerve damage.
Date 21.09.2008	Pilot Male Rating: P	Location Talybont, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mamboo Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot spun glider attempting low level turn having run out of landing options.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 20.09.2008	Pilot Male Age: 28 Rating: CP	Location Loose Bottom, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport 1 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered collapse at low level and landed in tree having come very close to another pilot who had hit severe sink.	Injury Pilot: Facial lacerations, injured knee, neck pain.
Date 20.09.2008	Pilot Male Age: 24 Rating: CP	Location Loose Bottom, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Up Summit 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot encountered severe sink in close proximity to another (lower) glider. In sinking, passed very close to other glider which subsequently collapsed and landed in a tree causing injury to the other pilot.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 16.09.2008	Pilot Male Age: 52	Location UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary During repack, emergency parachute found to be damp with mould on inner bag. Had been stored under leaking sink for 6 months.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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