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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.

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Incident reports are available in summary form for the following wing types:

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.

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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
16.04.2023

Pilot
Male

Age:
35

Rating:
CP

Flying Experience:
5 years

250 hours
(50 hours)

Location
Bridlingtom,
Bridlington,
UK

Wind Strength:
15-20 km/h

Conditions:
Calm,
Not Turbulent

Wing Type
Paraglider

Launch Type:
Foot

Summary
Pilot attempted to forward launch in new Air Design Sock harness when the leg strap connecting loop snapped freeing the leg loop.

Injury
Pilot:
Unhurt

Date
15.04.2023

Pilot
Male

Age:
40

Rating:
P

Flying Experience:
7 years

190 hours
(25 hours)

450 flights
(50 flights)

Location
Mundesley,
Norwich,
UK

Wind Strength:
15-20 km/h

Conditions:
Calm,
Not Turbulent

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Ozone
Swift 4

Launch Type:
Foot

Summary
Pilot misjudged clearance while setting up for a slope landing. Pilot attempted a 360 below cliff height but ran out of room impacting the grassy slope.

Injury
Pilot:
Seriously Injured,

Thorax

Date
08.04.2023

Pilot
Male

Age:
58

Rating:
AP

Flying Experience:
31 years

700 hours

Location
UK

Wind Strength:
25-30 km/h

Conditions:
Calm,
Light Turbulence

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Mac Para
Eden 7

Launch Type:
Foot

Summary
Pilot hit sink while ridge soaring and was dumped into a tree. Glider flew on and pulled pilot from the tree dropping him from 20ft to the ground.

Injury
Pilot:
Minor Injuries,

Hands, Arms, Shoulder

Date
08.04.2023

Pilot
Male

Age:
51

Flying Experience:
15 years

200 hours
(6 hours)

(3 flights)

Location
Parlick,
Preston,
UK

Wind Strength:
5-10 km/h

Conditions:
Moderate

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Advance
Epsilon 9

Launch Type:
Foot

Summary
Pilot noticed the parachute bridle zip had come loose for a second time. On closer inspection it became apparent that the 'c' eyelet had not been engaged during a repack.

Injury
Pilot:
Unhurt

Date
08.04.2023

Pilot
Male

Age:
60

Rating:
P

Flying Experience:
29 years

900 hours
(22 hours)

(25 flights)

Location
Rushup Edge,
SHEFFIELD,
UK

Wind Strength:
5-10 km/h

Conditions:
Strong,
Moderate Turbulence

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Ozone
Alpina 3

Launch Type:
Foot

Summary
Pilot encountered turbulent rising and sinking air while on approach to landing. At approx 2m pilot hit big sink and landed heavily.

Injury
Pilot:
Minor Injuries,

Feet, Legs

Date
08.04.2023

Pilot
Male

Age:
60

Rating:
CP

Flying Experience:
3 years

1 hour
(1 hour)

1 flight
(1 flight)

Location
Glyderau,
Gwynedd,
UK

Wind Strength:
20-25 km/h

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Advance
Epsilon 9

Summary
Pilot was dragged uphill on reverse launch, lost balance and banged ribs on a rock.

Injury
Pilot:
Minor Injuries

Date
07.04.2023

Pilot
Male

Age:
75

Rating:
P

Flying Experience:
22 years

1000 hours
(10 hours)

500 flights
(20 flights)

Location
Constitution Hill,
Aberystwyth,
UK

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Gin
Explorer

Launch Type:
Foot

Summary
Pilot encountered turbulent sinking air having flown over a spur to land on the beach. Pilot made tight turn to land more into wind but glider spun and pilot landed in the sea.

Injury
Pilot:
Unhurt

Date
07.04.2023

Pilot
Male

Age:
62

Rating:
P

Flying Experience:
28 years

158 hours
(4 hours)

543 flights
(7 flights)

Location
Combe Gibbet,
Hungerford,
UK

Wind Strength:
5-10 km/h

Conditions:
Calm,
Not Turbulent

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Ozone
Alpina

Launch Type:
Foot

Summary
Pilot had near miss while ridge soaring having failed to move out to allow another pilot right of way while on a head on course. Pilot left decision too late to take avoiding action.

Injury
Pilot:
Unhurt

Date
02.04.2023

Pilot
Male

Age:
68

Rating:
P

Flying Experience:
41 years

1000 hours

1000 flights
(27 flights)

Location
Filey Bay,
East Yorkshire,
UK

Wind Strength:
20-25 km/h

Conditions:,
Light Turbulence

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Macpara
Eden7

Launch Type:
Foot

Summary
While coastal soaring just below cliff top height pilot caught lines on a bush. This caused an asymmetric collapse that the pilot was able to recover from before bottom landing.

Injury
Pilot:
Unhurt

Date
02.04.2023

Pilot
Male

Age:
54

Rating:
P

Flying Experience:
18 years

238 hours
(10 hours)

531 flights
(23 flights)

Location
Pontlottyn,
Pontlottyn,
UK

Wind Strength:
10-15 km/h

Conditions:
Moderate,
Moderate Turbulence

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Gin
Explorer 2

Launch Type:
Foot

Summary
Pilot suffered 50% asymmetric collapse on exiting a thermal resulting in a cravat. Pilot attempted to release cravat but was drifting towards power lines. Pilot stalled glider into hill in avoiding the power lines. Pilot says SIV course helped deal with situation.

Injury
Pilot:
Minor Injuries,

Feet, Legs

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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