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 27.08.2004	Pilot Female Age: 35 Rating: CP	Location Montmin, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 3 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot had midair while thermalling. Poor lookout by both pilots.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 14.08.2004	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP	Location Brantside, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot inflated glider to feel the air and was lifted off his feet and thrown into a boulder, he was then dragged into a dry stone wall before being dragged through the wall which then fell on top of him!.	Injury Pilot: Dislo finger, bruising, back spasm
Date 14.08.2004	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: Novice	Location Ruddlers West, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Up Makalu Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student failed to properly collapse glider after successful flight and landing. He was then dragged 20m by a gust of wind. Continued training for rest of day.	Injury Pilot: Scratches and bruising
Date 14.08.2004	Pilot Male Rating: Novice	Location Steyning Bowl, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary Student bruised shoulder while attempting a PLF, though told only to watch and wait at this point.	Injury Pilot: Bruised shoulder
Date 10.08.2004	Pilot Female Age: 48 Rating: CP	Location Mere Rifle Range, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Exact Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot encountered turbulence and landed heavily wearing trainers and carrying ballast.	Injury Pilot: Fr foot
Date 07.08.2004	Pilot Male Age: 31 Rating: AP	Location Kip Hill, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Avax Rs Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot had mid air while thermalling in competition. Some damage to other pilots wing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 06.08.2004	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: Novice	Location Compton Bowl, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Reggae Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student tripped on take off and fell heavily on arm.	Injury Pilot: Fr arm
Date 04.08.2004	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: P	Location Mynydd Meio, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse from turbulence from another glider. Landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Minor bruising and scrapes
Date 03.08.2004	Pilot Male Age: 77 Rating: P	Location Ringstead, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Grid Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot flew into hill having failed to notice that the wind had shifted to a direction too far off the hill to provide much lift.	Injury Pilot: Fr spine
Date 02.08.2004	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP	Location Mam Tor, UK Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Bright Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Low airtime pilot caught out by windy conditions pulled big ears having already applied full speed bar! Resulted in full frontal collapse and subsequant cascade sequence until impact.	Injury Pilot: Bruised ribs

Last updated: 2 December 2024

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