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 06.10.2005	Pilot Female Age: 35 Rating: Novice	Location Woldingham, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student flared late and had legs out straight.	Injury Pilot: Spr ankle
Date 05.10.2005	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: Novice	Location Dalefoot, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student flew too close to hill prior to landing approach and landed heavily in a seated position with legs outstretched.	Injury Pilot: Fr tibia
Date 17.09.2005	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP	Location Corn Ridge, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Vibe Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered symmetric collapse at low level in thermic conditions and crashed into hillside.	Injury Pilot: Fr pelvis, fr arm
Date 17.09.2005	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: CP	Location Devils Dyke, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Carbon Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Paraglider pilots suffered mid air collision and descended under one emergency chute.	Injury Pilot: Line burns to arm
Date 17.09.2005	Pilot Male Age: 49	Location Monks Down, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Unqualified, self-taught pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at low level in turbulent, thermic conditions.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 16.09.2005	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: Novice	Location Currium, Cyprus Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student failed to flare properly on landing and went over on ankle.	Injury Pilot: Fr fibula
Date 11.09.2005	Pilot Male Age: 69 Rating: CP	Location Mam Tor, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot rotored in heavily while trying to creep back over ridge.	Injury Pilot: Fr t12 vertebra
Date 10.09.2005	Pilot Male Rating: Novice	Location Woldingham, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: FreeX Dingo Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student jumped into seat before properly flying.	Injury Pilot: Fr leg
Date 03.09.2005	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P	Location Mercury, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Keara Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at low level and crashed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr l1, l2 and t5 vertebra, fr femur, fr ribs
Date 28.08.2005	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: CP	Location Eype, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 6 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot deep stalled onto rock ledge having flown into rotor. Rescued by coast guard.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 21 June 2025

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