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 2515 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 31.08.2009	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: CP	Location The Warren, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Pro Design Thesis 100 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary While flying cliffs, pilot sunk out and could no longer reach landing area. Landed in small tree without injury.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 31.08.2009	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: CP	Location Jerbourg, Guernsey Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Golden 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was lifted by thermal while attempting to launch. He was dragged back into bystander.	Injury Pilot: Bruising
Date 09.08.2009	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP	Location High and Over, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot fell out of thermal at low level behind hill. Encountered rotor on attempting to fly back to ridge.	Injury Pilot: Fr l3 vertebra
Date 08.08.2009	Pilot Male Age: 66 Rating: P	Location Long Mynd, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Rookie Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was involved in mid-air collision while flying in close proximity to others during a club level competition. Both pilots involved sustained fatal injuries.	Injury Pilot: Fatal
Date 08.08.2009	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: P	Location Long Mynd, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Mistral 4 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was involved in mid-air collision while flying in close proximity to others during a club level competition. Both pilots involved sustained fatal injuries.	Injury Pilot: Fatal
Date 07.08.2009	Pilot Male Age: 65 Rating: CP	Location Morzine, France Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot took off with speed system line through leg strap. Once sorted, pilot landed downwind and struck roof of house having misjudged wind direction thinking it would be the same as at take off.	Injury Pilot: Fr l3 vertebra
Date 25.07.2009	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: CP	Location Milk Hill, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was about to launch when another shouted stop, thinking they saw a knot. On turning back to face the glider and applying brake, pilot was lifted off his feet and back up the slope.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist
Date 08.07.2009	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: CP	Location Parlick, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary On approach, pilot left his turn into wind too late leaving no time to execute an effective flare. Pilot landed hard on harness and outstretched arm.	Injury Pilot: Dislocated elbow
Date 02.07.2009	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P	Location Ceret, France Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Dragon 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot tripped running off nil wind landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist
Date 21.06.2009	Pilot Female Age: 45 Rating: CP	Location Coombe Gibbet, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Bright Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot lost control of glider while reverse launching and was dragged into another glider.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 17 July 2025

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