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 09.08.2007	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: CP	Location Sourton Tor, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Fides Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot hit sink while close in to ridge and struck large boulder.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebra
Date 07.08.2007	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: Novice	Location Devils Dyke, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Fides 2 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student misjudged approach then became fixated on a glider laid out in his line of sight. Landed heavily crosswind.	Injury Pilot: Fr fibula
Date 31.07.2007	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP	Location UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot lost height while ridge soaring and headed to landing area. Struck parked car having landed short.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 29.07.2007	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: AP	Location Lletty Siac, UK Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Omega 7 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered frontal collapse at 50ft on approach to land. Glider did not recover and instead completely balled up in a stall.	Injury Pilot: Fr t12 & l1 vertebrae
Date 18.07.2007	Pilot Male Rating: Novice	Location Muggery, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student twisted knee on landing having carried out a good and gentle landing.	Injury Pilot: Damaged knee ligaments
Date 17.07.2007	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP	Location Chabre, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Merlin Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot turned wrong way on reverse launch and went off with a twist. Pilot crashed into slope before regaining control using outstretched arm to break fall rather than plf.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist, fr fingers
Date 15.07.2007	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: P	Location Gragareth, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Cayenne 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was forced into path of third glider resulting in a mid-air, having taken avoiding action to miss another flying head on.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.07.2007	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: Novice	Location Lama Field, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima 27 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student stumbled while kiting glider.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist, fr rib
Date 08.07.2007	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: CP	Location Pule, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Carbon Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Wing inflated fully unintentionally while pilot was building wall. Pilot was then dragged into rocks.	Injury Pilot: Fr ribs
Date 23.06.2007	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: Novice	Location St Vincent, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: FreeX X1 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student suffered asymmetric while running for take off. Pilot was lifted by momentum and turned into hillside.	Injury Pilot: Fr hip, fr shoulder

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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