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 08.08.2008	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: CP	Location North Luffenham, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: FreeX Dingo Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Immediately after release from tow the weak link attached to the tow line became caught in the pilots speedbar. The pilot successfully s turned down to land safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 07.08.2008	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: Novice	Location Bedlinog, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 3 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student failed to execute proper flare in light wind conditions and also landed with outstretched legs.	Injury Pilot: Fr foot
Date 06.08.2008	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P	Location Chabre, France Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 6 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot stalled/spun wing while thermalling while still close to hill. Impacted heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr pelvis
Date 04.08.2008	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: Novice	Location Joint Services Centre, UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary Student landed awkwardly while doing PLF training. On mats on grass.	Injury Pilot: Fr scapula
Date 31.07.2008	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: Novice	Location Limerstone, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student went off line slightly on landing and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr finger
Date 27.07.2008	Pilot Female Age: 54 Rating: Novice	Location Saddlecombe, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student landed heavily without flaring having encountered buoyant air while on low hop flight.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle and spr ankle.
Date 27.07.2008	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: P	Location Rowl Gate, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Pilot flew into a tree then fell through branches and hit a wall.	Injury Pilot: Fr tib and fib
Date 26.07.2008	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: Novice	Location Muggery Bottom, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student forgot to flare on landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 23.07.2008	Pilot Male Rating: CP	Location UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Icaro Incanto	Summary After experiencing some unusual flight behaviour, pilot had glider checked and found several lines were up to 45mm longer than spec. Glider fine now re-trimmed.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.07.2008	Pilot Male Age: 29 Rating: CP	Location Col de la Forclaz, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Kiss Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot had mid air with another paraglider while thermalling.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 12 September 2025

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