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).

All Wing Types Paraglider Flexwing Hang Glider Rigid Hang Glider Speedrider Speedflyer/Miniwing Powered PG Powered HG Other

or and

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

Displaying page 198 out of 246

[ Top ] - [ Prev ] - [ Next ] - [ Bottom ]

Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 28.08.2005	Pilot Female Age: 43 Rating: P	Location Ringstead, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Electron Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot flew into turbulence having failed to notice wind had veered.	Injury Pilot: Fr pelvis, fr femur, fr arm
Date 27.08.2005 Formal Report	Pilot Male Rating: P	Location Milk Hill, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric colapse at low level and spiralled into hillside.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 21.08.2005	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: AP	Location Long Mynd, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Up Trango 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot entered spin flying too slowly when thermalling and crashed into hillside.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist
Date 20.08.2005	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: Novice	Location Catacol, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary 2 students collided but flew on and landed safely. Minor damage to one of the gliders.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 20.08.2005	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: P	Location Combe Gibbit, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Astral 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot landed in trees having encountered sink while trying to get back to ridge.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 18.08.2005	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: P	Location Captain Cook, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 6 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot attempted to slope land having failed to find thermal on light wind day. Pilot landed in bracken and struck foot on hidden boulder.	Injury Pilot: Fr heal, pelvis, sacrum
Date 18.08.2005	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: P	Location Babadag, Turkey Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Zoom Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric (on hill side) while close to top of hill. Recovered glider but could not avoid impact with hill.	Injury Pilot: Fr coccyx fr shoulder
Date 16.08.2005	Pilot Male Age: 25 Rating: Novice	Location Steyning Bowl, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Trekking Sunbeam Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student tripped on landing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 07.08.2005	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: P	Location Tremaen, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 5 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot landed then took off again having waited for thermic cycle to come through. Unfortunately he did not pre-flight check and took off with twisted risers resulting in a spin and heavy impact.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebra
Date 07.08.2005	Pilot Female Age: 40 Rating: AP	Location The Lawley, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 5 Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot used anchorman to assist in takeoff. Anchorman turned wrong way on launch and pilot went off with twist in risers causing glider to turn into hill.	Injury Pilot: Spr ankle

Last updated: 5 January 2025

Displaying page 198 out of 246

[ Top ] - [ Prev ] - [ Next ] - [ Bottom ]

A number of incident analysis reports are also available in the safety section of our website. These are compiled from the individual incident reports submitted during the course of each year.

• Go to: Safety
• Go to: Pilot Development (Foundation Syllabus)
• Go to: Pilot Rating Scheme
• Go to: BHPA Courses
• Go to: Incident Reports (Informal)
• Go to: Incident Reports (Formal)
• Go to: Safety Notices
• Go to: CANP (Civil Aircraft Notification Procedure)
• Go to: NOTAMs (Notices to Aviation)
• Go to: Instructor & Coach Newsletters
• Go to: BHPA Documents
• Go to: BHPA Forms
• Go to: BHPA Fees