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 28.05.2006	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: CP	Location Frocester, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot allowed himself to run out of options when flying low on ridge. Got caught in rotor and fell heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr tib, fib and knee
Date 14.05.2006	Pilot Female Age: 53 Rating: Novice	Location Muggery, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Aerodyne Yogi Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student landed slightly downwind after a top to bottom flight and landed heavilly.	Injury Pilot: Fr tibia
Date 12.05.2006	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: P	Location Bewaldeth, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bonanza Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot landed cross wind attempting to spot land at wind sock.	Injury Pilot: Stiff knee
Date 12.05.2006	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: P	Location Moel Accre, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sol Synergy 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot decided to bottom land due to lack of lift. Landed very fast downwind having misjudged wind direction in valley.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebra, muscle strain
Date 10.05.2006	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: Novice	Location White Pike, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Flite Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student did not flare fully on landing so landed quicker than expected. Stuck out foot which caught on rough ground.	Injury Pilot: Dislo ankle, fr tibia
Date 07.05.2006	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: Novice	Location Castle Moreton, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Xact Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student stalled glider at 20 - 30 ft and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist, fr l3 vertebra
Date 05.05.2006	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: P	Location Shining Tor, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot launched into strong thermal and suffered an asymmetric collapse before being dumped back onto hill. Pilot blames overconfidence and underestimating gust strength.	Injury Pilot: Fr fibula
Date 30.04.2006	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: Novice	Location Woldingham Valley, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Flying Planet Syrius Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student mistimed flare on ground skimming flight and landed heavilly.	Injury Pilot: Fr fibula
Date 29.04.2006	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P	Location Comb Gibbet, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Vibe Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered extreme turbulence while ridge soaring and lost control of glider. Chose to immediately throw emergency chute (at approx 200ft) and landed safely. Pilot states that numerous deployment practices at BFR saved his life.	Injury Pilot: Bruising
Date 29.04.2006	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: CP	Location Maiden Castle, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Z One Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot hit sink while ridge soaring and slope landed. Landing was fast and heavy.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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