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 09.07.2005	Pilot Female Age: 24 Rating: Novice	Location Blaenavon, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student sufferred collapse while on speed bar and landed heavily. Instructor caught out by increasing wind!	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 08.07.2005	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: CP	Location Combe Gibbet, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Vibe Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary On landing in strong wind pilot pulled down on controls to collapse glider. Thius resulted in him being lifted up and blown back over ridge and crashing into a parked car before coming to rest.	Injury Pilot: Spr ankle, bruising
Date 03.07.2005	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: P	Location Heresfield, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Up Trango 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered collapse while at 15m above trees. Pilot landed in trees and fell to ground.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebra
Date 03.07.2005	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: CP	Location Kimmeridge, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Bright Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot got dragged back in strong wind over wall, car and barbed wire fence - ouch!	Injury Pilot: Cut finger, fr scapula
Date 03.07.2005	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P	Location Luffenham, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Saber Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Pilot was caught out by gust prior to launch and failed to control canopy. Pilot was dragged back over runway.	Injury Pilot: Dislo shoulder
Date 01.07.2005	Pilot Male Age: 27	Location USA	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot died in USA. Details to follow.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 26.06.2005	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: CP	Location Swan Lake Bay, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Topaz Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot failed to properly control glider having landed and was lifted by gust. Canopy the had asymmetric and pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr arm
Date 18.06.2005	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: Novice	Location High And Over, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima 30 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student stumbled on landing damaging shoulder.	Injury Pilot: Dislo shoulder, chipped bone
Date 10.06.2005	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: Novice	Location Green Bell, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student landed heavily on uneven ground fracturing leg.	Injury Pilot: Fr leg
Date 10.06.2005	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: CP	Location Butser, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Z One Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot misjudged wind strength/gradient and got blown back into rotor.	Injury Pilot: Fr l1 vertebra

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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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.

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