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 2542 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 24.06.2006	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: P	Location Limerstone Down, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at 3-4m and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr shoulder
Date 23.06.2006	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: AP	Location Merthyr, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Mac Intox Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered collapse, probably due to rotor, at low level. Emergency chute deployed at 57m (190ft) and landed safely. Pilot (experienced comp pilot) had attempted to recover but noticed how fast ground was coming up!.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 23.06.2006	Pilot Female Age: 45 Rating: CP	Location Fochriw, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Xact Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot slope landed having lost lift due to wind being off hill. Glider caught by wind and pulled pilot through rocky gully.	Injury Pilot: 2 fr wrists, bruising
Date 17.06.2006	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: Novice	Location Mount Caburn, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Windtech Tempus Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Student failed to follow flight plan or instruction and flew into tree.	Injury Pilot: Scratches and bruising
Date 16.06.2006	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: Novice	Location Merthyr, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student landed cross wind in light conditions and landed faster than expected.	Injury Pilot: Spr ankle
Date 15.06.2006	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: Novice	Location Blaenavon, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student completed flight plan and landed but twisted ankle on tussock during landing.	Injury Pilot: Spr ankle
Date 14.06.2006	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: CP	Location Pandy, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Safir 2000 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered large symmetric collapse at low level while on approach to slope landing. Caught out by rotor caused by wind being well off the slope.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist, fr vertebra
Date 12.06.2006	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: P	Location Chabre, Laragne, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Bliss Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Comp pilot got low over trees looking for lift. Hit sink and landed in trees.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.06.2006	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: AP	Location Plaine Joux, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse immediately after take off. Glider recovered asymmetrically and crashed into slope.	Injury Pilot: Fr l2 vertebra, internal injuries
Date 08.06.2006	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: Novice	Location Chabre, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero Plus Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot entered flat spin attempting to turn tight and slow in weak lift. Threw emergency chute immediately and landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 13 November 2025

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