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 05.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: CP	Location Wether Fell, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero Plus Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilots suffered mid-air while ridge soaring close to ridge top and became entangled in each others gliders. Landed heavily but with no injuries. very lucky!	Injury Unknown
Date 25.03.2007	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: Novice	Location Nid Daigue, Morocco Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student suffered asymmetric on landing approach and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 24.03.2007	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P	Location Corn Ridge, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Aerodyne Dune Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot did not launch glider straight and subsequent gust lifted him and propelled him sideways while facing uphill. After a couple of second he came down heavily, damaging his knee and was then dragged a further 20-30m.	Injury Pilot: Fr tibia, dislo knee
Date 21.03.2007	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: P	Location Combe Gibbet, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Mistral 4 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot landed in trees having misjudged conditions.	Injury Unknown
Date 25.02.2007	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: CP	Location Ibitluna, Brazil Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Geo Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot spun glider applying too much control on final turn into wind.	Injury Pilot: Fr foot
Date 04.02.2007	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: Novice	Location Kennel Farm, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: FreeX Dingo Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student sprained ankle while ground handling.	Injury Pilot: Sp ankle
Date 03.02.2007	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: AP	Location Fifty Cent, South Africa Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Boomerang Sport Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was caught out by increasing winds. Suffered frontal collapse while on half bar in attempt to get forward. recovered frontal with cravat and glider entered spiral. recovered but entered cascade so threw emergency chute landing heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebra, fr pelvis
Date 27.01.2007	Pilot Female Age: 28 Rating: Novice	Location Firle West, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Windtech Tonic Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student got too close to hill on top to bottom flight and flew into tree, falling heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebra
Date 22.01.2007	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: Novice	Location Grenoliers, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Bright Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student flared too late and stumbled while attempting to run off landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr tibia and fibula
Date 20.01.2007	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: P	Location Parlic, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Saber Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot initiated reverse launch but was lifted by gust then dumped and dragged across hillside. .	Injury Pilot: Bruising

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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