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 2452 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 24.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: P	Location Barton-On-Sea, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Aspen 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot failed to notice change in wind conditions and failed to make landing area, landing in sea in 2ft of water.	Injury Unknown
Date 21.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 31 Rating: CP	Location The Gyrn, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Z-One Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Low airtime pilot caught out by change of wind direction. Ended up flying downwind close to hill and collided with fence.	Injury Pilot: Cuts and bruises
Date 21.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: P	Location Col de Forclaz, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Boomerang Sport Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot crashed into side of mountain while scratching close in light conditions.	Injury Pilot: Fr pelvis, fr vertebrae, fr ribs, internals.
Date 20.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: P	Location St Bees Cliffs, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 6 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot misjudged wind direction and ended up losing height quicker than expected forcing him to land on a cliff. Pilot was rescued by RAF helicopter.	Injury Unknown
Date 17.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: AP	Location Combe Gibbet, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot took off in breezy conditions with cravatte in one wingtip. Slipped on landing but no injuries.	Injury Unknown
Date 15.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: P	Location Wether Fell, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Artax Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Whilst distracted by a paraglider flying erratically, pilot then had mid-air with another paraglider.	Injury Unknown
Date 15.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 26 Rating: Novice	Location Dalefoot, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student twisted ankle while attempting a reverse launch.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 12.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: Novice	Location Big Colin, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird N-Joy Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary On initiating a reverse launch student hesitated when turning allowing the wing to overfly him. Pulled muscle running to get under wing.	Injury Pilot: Pulled muscle in leg
Date 12.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP	Location Blorenge, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 4 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot 360d with insufficient height above ridge. Landed heavily downwind on top of ridge.	Injury Pilot: Spr ankle
Date 10.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP	Location Plaine Joux, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Zulu S Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse when entering lift. Glider entered spin/spiral and pilot hit slope before regaining control. pilot was over weight range which may have hindered recovery in this instance.	Injury Pilot: Fr femur, tib and fib

Last updated: 2 December 2024

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