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

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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 2537 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 30.06.2025	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 4 years 350 hours (90 hours) 300 flights (100 flights)	Location High and Over, Alfriston, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Swift 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot left insufficient height to turn into wind on approach to a top landing, and struck the ground whilst flying cross wind.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 28.06.2025	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: P Flying Experience: 30 years 2000 hours (200 hours) 1000 flights (100 flights)	Location Col de la Forclaz, Annecy, France Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Photon Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was soaring La Tournette close to the rock face and lost control of the paraglider following an asymmetric collapse in strong turbulence.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 27.06.2025	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: P	Location Thurnham, Maidstone, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Omega X-Alps Launch Type: Foot	Summary The paraglider suffered a collapse on approach to top land and the pilot impacted the ground heavily, sustaining injury.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 25.06.2025	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: P Flying Experience: 8 years 573 hours (40 hours) 2000 flights (70 flights)	Location Crete Road, Folkestone, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Air Design Rise 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot's preflight check was interrupted, and they realised they were about to take off without their helmet. The pilot retrieved their helmet and then took off safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Unhurt
Date 25.06.2025	Pilot Male Age: 73 Rating: P Flying Experience: 23 years 1500 hours (25 hours) 4500 flights (75 flights)	Location Dunstable Down, Dunstable, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Ikuma 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot misjudged groundspeed and downwind sink in thermic conditions during a slope landing attempt, resulting in a heavy landing on the harness impact pad.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 20.06.2025	Pilot Male Age: 29 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 1 year 15 hours (7 hours) 28 flights (12 flights)	Location Rushup Edge, Derbyshire, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sup Air Leaf lite Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot misjudged the wind strength on take off and was dragged, the paraglider coming to rest over a barbed wire fence.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 12.06.2025	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: P Flying Experience: 7 years 256 hours (36 hours) 404 flights (46 flights)	Location Crete Road, Folkestone, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Arak Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot reported that the foot stirrup accelerator system on their Dudek Funky harness had twisted through the stirrup step. The pilot decided not to use the stirrup, which would have activated the trapped speed bar, and they immediately landed.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 10.06.2025	Pilot Female Age: 43 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 11 years 900 hours (130 hours) 480 flights (42 flights)	Location Gemona, Gemona, Italy Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: GIN GTO 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was flying in close proximity to the slope with other aircraft and encountered sinking air, resulting in an unplanned landing in a rocky area.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 10.06.2025	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: P Flying Experience: 15 years 1050 hours (82 hours) 2500 flights (54 flights)	Location Gemona, Gemona, Italy Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Strong Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Mint Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot induced a spin on landing approach and impacted the ground hard, sustaining injury.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 02.06.2025	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 30 hours	Location Dunstable Downs, Dunstable, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Paraglider Unknown model Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot misjudged the landing approach, and landed in the landing field designated for sailplanes. No other aircraft were nearby at the time.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 12 September 2025

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