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 2455 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 26.05.2007	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: P	Location Wether Fell, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered a 60% asymmetric collapse at low level and impacted heavily before glider could recover.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 26.05.2007	Pilot Male	Location Perranporth, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Atis Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student being trained by unqualified pilot stalled glider at 30ft trying to maintain height in light conditions.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebra
Date 25.05.2007	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: CP	Location Blorenge, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Pro Design Effect Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot landed safely in alternate field as strengthening wind prevented landing in chosen field. Pilot was then approached by farmer claiming a horse had been injured.	Injury Unknown
Date 23.05.2007	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: CP	Location Bewaldeth, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Atlas Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at 80ft in windy, gusty conditions. Glider recovered at 40ft with full twist in risers. glider now being blown back, pitching and rolling violently. stability gained just as pilot touches down.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 21.05.2007	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: Novice	Location Mam Tor, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot ran out of landing area and decided to jump a stone wall rather than land crosswind. Pilot hit wall.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 20.05.2007	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: CP	Location Merthyr, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus	Summary Pilot was sat down clipped in with wing laid out as wind was v light. Sudden gust of 25mph and 90 degrees off prevailing, lifted glider and pulled pilot down slope.	Injury Pilot: 2 fr vertebra, fr ribs, punc lung.
Date 19.05.2007	Pilot Female Age: 56 Rating: CP	Location Cabo Santa Pola, Spain Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Primax Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot launched glider in strong gusty conditions. Glider jerked violently to one side causing shoulder damage before pilot was dragged.	Injury Pilot: Fr shoulder
Date 07.05.2007	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: P	Location Kobala, Slovenia Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Grid Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered collapse resulting in spiral with risers crossed. Deployed emergency chute which became tangled with main glider.	Injury Pilot: Fr pelvis, fr ribs
Date 05.05.2007	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P	Location Glyders, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 6 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot has no recollection of incident due to head injury.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebra, concussion, bruising
Date 05.05.2007	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: AP	Location Glyders, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Magic Fr3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse in turbulent conditions. Glider recovered with cravatte leading to spiral. pilot deployed emergency chute but landed among rocks sustaining bruising.	Injury Pilot: Bruises

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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