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 27.01.2008	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: Novice	Location Mt Caburn, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima M Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student overtook glider on launch and dived forward. Wing then dived forward and student hit ground heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 12.01.2008	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: CP	Location S W Ridge, Woldingham, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: FreeX Tiger Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at low level and spiralled into hill. Conditions were windy and turbulent.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebrae, fr ribs, ruptured spleen.
Date 10.12.2007	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: AP	Location La Palma, France Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave FR3 proto Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot collided with lamp post then fell to ground having experienced sink while attempting a spot landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr l1 vertebra
Date 14.11.2007	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: CP	Location Maiden Castle, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Zulu medium Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot practising low level 360s, misjudged height and speed and crashed into hill.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebra, fr leg, dislo foot
Date 05.11.2007	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: CP	Location Western Bowl, Woldingham, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Rebel Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at low level in windy and gusty conditions. Possibility of rotor due wind being slightly off hill.	Injury Pilot: Fr legs
Date 01.11.2007	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP	Location Baza, Spain Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mamboo Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at low level having taken off in thermic breeze that was 90 degrees off the prevailing wind. Probable cause, rotor.	Injury Pilot: Fr elbow
Date 27.10.2007	Pilot Male Age: 28 Rating: CP	Location Bir, India Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot suffered cravat and had 2 failed attempts to deploy emergency chute then managed to recover glider and land.	Injury Pilot: Mild shock
Date 21.10.2007	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: Novice	Location Steyning, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Perche smart Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student mistimed landing while attempting slope landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr lower leg
Date 21.10.2007	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: Novice	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Student failed to release A risers on launch causing front collapse. Student fell forward onto shoulder.	Injury Pilot: Strained shoulder
Date 20.10.2007	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: Novice	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Student gave excessive input on one control resulting in low level lock-out.	Injury Pilot: Lower back

Last updated: 12 September 2025

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