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 07.09.2006	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP	Location White Rocks, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot landed in sea and was seen to attempt to recover glider rather than swim clear. Pilot subsequently drowned.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 01.09.2006	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP	Location Luchon, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot crashed into building while on approach to landing. Suffered serious back injuries possibly exacerbated by presence of non-flexible items and water container in harness back pocket.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebrae t8 - t12
Date 24.08.2006	Pilot Female Age: 19 Rating: Novice	Location Merthyr Common, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student began launch but released risers too soon. Student was pulled over temporarily dislocating shoulder.	Injury Pilot: Dislo shoulder
Date 24.08.2006	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: Novice	Location Golden Bowl, Isle Of Wight, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot on hill conversion course turned wrong way on reverse launch and twisted risers. Pilot was lifted by gust and dumped heavily on back.	Injury Pilot: Bruised arm and back
Date 22.08.2006	Pilot Male Age: 64 Rating: Novice	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Student landed on backside during low hop towed flight. Winch jammed causing unexpected descent.	Injury Pilot: Bruised coccyx, bruised heals
Date 19.08.2006	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: P	Location Czech Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Glider stalled on tow at low level resulting in pilot landing on back. Possibly due to high tow tension.	Injury Pilot: Fr t12 vertebra
Date 14.08.2006	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: P	Location Clough Head, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bonanza Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Glider entered deep stall just prior to top landing. Pilot had pulled in big big ears to descend through lift. Pilot recovered from stall and landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 08.08.2006	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: CP	Location Llangollen, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Oasis Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered collapse on approach due to rotor.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist and pelvis
Date 04.08.2006	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: Novice	Location Telegraph Hill, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird N Joy Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student flared late and insufficiently positive, with outstretched legs.	Injury Pilot: Bruised feet
Date 03.08.2006	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP	Location Combe Gibbet, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Atlas Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot landed going backwards having made poor decision to fly in strengthening conditions.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 19 June 2025

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