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 2497 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
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
Date 30.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: CP	Location Coniston Old Man, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot flared on landing in breeze and was lifted back up and dumped in gully.	Injury Pilot: Bruising, cut hand
Date 28.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P	Location Mundesley, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Grid Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot misjudged approach in strong conditions and landed on car roof.	Injury Unknown
Date 25.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: AP	Location Cairnwell, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Mustang 1 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was pulled off feet and dragged across when thermal came through during launch.	Injury Pilot: Cuts and bruises
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

Last updated: 15 June 2025

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