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 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
Date 09.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: P	Location Bee Sands, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Grid Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot dislocated shoulder while collapsing glider after landing.	Injury Pilot: Dislo shoulder
Date 08.04.2007	Pilot Rating: Novice	Location Muggery, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima 27 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student sat down on landing and twisted ankle.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 07.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: Novice	Location Steyning Bowl, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Windtech Coral Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student was caught out by gust while preparing to launch and was dragged through nettles.	Injury Pilot: Grazes and muscle strain
Date 06.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: CP	Location Butser North, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero Plus Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot had mid-air with model aircraft. No damage sustained. .	Injury Unknown
Date 06.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: Novice	Location Beddingham, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima 30 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student lifted legs during practice inflation run and came down on backside.	Injury Pilot: Bruised back
Date 06.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP	Location Beddingham, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot struck fence post with foot while ridge soaring.	Injury Pilot: Fr tib/fib
Date 06.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: CP	Location Wether Fell, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus 4 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was dragged on landing in strong winds having failed to properly collapse glider.	Injury Pilot: Fr rib

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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