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 2537 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 24.05.2009	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: CP	Location Bradwell, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 4 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was unable to take avoiding action when another pilot turned in front of him during a competition. Glider stalled on collision and pilot impacted ground heavily.	Injury Pilot: Bruised back.
Date 24.05.2009	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: CP	Location Bradwell, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was involved in mid-air collision with another paraglider but was able to make a safe landing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 17.05.2009	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P	Location St Cyrus, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Aspen 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was caught out by sink having taken off into a thermal. Pilot attempted steep slope landing but hit shoulder on uneven ground.	Injury Pilot: Dislocated shoulder, cuts.
Date 16.05.2009	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: CP	Location Ceret, France Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Z One Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot did not carry out proper pre-flight checks and failed to notice brake line snag resulting in severe turn and loss of glide. Pilot landed in tree.	Injury Pilot: Bruised arm and shins
Date 04.05.2009	Pilot Male Age: 66 Rating: P	Location Atherfield, UK Wind Strength: 35-40 km/h Conditions: Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Zoom Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot crashed while attempting ridge run in windy and turbulent conditions. At the time of the crash the wind had increased to 20 plus mph and was significantly off the hill.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrists, elbow and pelvis
Date 02.05.2009	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: Under training	Location Rhossili, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Paratech P25 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student failed to follow flight plan and attempted to soar ridge. Got blown back and turned downwind before impacting heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr vetrebrae
Date 26.04.2009	Pilot Male Age: 65 Rating: CP	Location Crete Road West, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary On launching, pilot was dragged sideways across the hillside.	Injury Pilot: Fr ribs, fr scapula and pneumothorax.
Date 26.04.2009	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: CP	Location Mt Caburn, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary While attempting to reverse launch pilot was lifted by gust/thermal while still facing in a rearward direction. Pilot lost control of glider and crashed from approx 10-15ft.	Injury Pilot: Dislocated ankle
Date 25.04.2009	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: P	Location Gyrn Moelfre, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: UP Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was caught out by thermal while launching and was dragged into stone wall. Helmet prevented serious injury.	Injury Pilot: Bruised shoulder
Date 20.04.2009	Pilot Female Age: 47 Rating: CP	Location Teba, Andalucia, Spain Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Logic (M) Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was caught out by strong thermal gust while attached to glider on launch site. Lifted by thermal and then dragged over rocky ground.	Injury Pilot: Ruptured liver, bruises and grazing.

Last updated: 13 September 2025

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