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 2452 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 11.04.2005	Pilot Female Age: 26 Rating: Novice	Location Curium, Cyprus Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student was lifted off ground during reverse launch attempt, then pulled wrong control resulting in a turn into the hillside.	Injury Pilot: Fr tibia
Date 26.03.2005	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P	Location Blackhall, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 6 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was flying a recognised site in a normal manner and was made aware that his activity had scared some horses that had then broke their tethers and damaged 2 parked cars.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 25.03.2005	Pilot Male Rating: AP	Location Bradwell Edge, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot had mid-air with another paraglider. Both carried on flying without problem.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 13.03.2005	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: AP	Location Long Mynd, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Boomerang Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot sustained collapse at 40ft in breezy conditions with some turbulence about.	Injury Pilot: Bruised ribs
Date 07.03.2005	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: P	Location Devils Dyke, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot landed tandem glider when another (solo) pilot loses control while ground handling and bumps into tandem passenger. No injuries.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 24.02.2005	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: CP	Location Macher, Spain Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered mid-air with hang glider and fell heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebra, fr fibula
Date 22.02.2005	Pilot Male Rating: CP	Location Macher, Spain Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Sierra Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was dragged into parked cars while trying to control glider.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 19.02.2005	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: Novice	Location Montellano, Spain Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Students glider suffered symmetric collapse possibly due to rotor from edge of hill. Student landed heavily without PLF.	Injury Pilot: Fr clavicle
Date 12.02.2005	Pilot Female Age: 42 Rating: Novice	Location Roque Brune, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Bright Classic Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student crashed feet first into cliff having become flustered by proximity to sea and railway line.	Injury Pilot: Fr feet
Date 08.02.2005	Pilot Female Age: 56 Rating: P	Location Mere Rifle Range, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot crashed having sustained an asymmetric collapse on approach, probably due to thermic turbulence.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebra, fr ankle

Last updated: 2 December 2024

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