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 2493 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
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
Date 31.01.2005	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP	Location Marleycombe, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Tetra (M) Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot failed to properly control glider following symmetric collapse at low level in marginal conditions.	Injury Pilot: Fr ribs, punctured lung
Date 31.12.2004	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: CP	Location Presendyt, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova X-Act Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot was dragged and bounced while attempting to forward launch.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist, fr leg
Date 28.12.2004	Pilot Male	Location UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary Harness airbag found to be worn (holed and delaminated) after 2 years use.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.12.2004	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: P	Location Llantisilo, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Brontes Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot crashed into rocky hill/cliff while ridge soaring. Possibly due to spin.	Injury Pilot: Head injuries
Date 11.12.2004	Pilot Male Age: 76 Rating: P	Location Lower Famara, Spain Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Mistral 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot spun glider at low level. Seen to be flying with half brake on approach then further turn invoked spin. Pilot was trying to land by wind sock!.	Injury Pilot: Fr femur fr ribs
Date 10.12.2004	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P	Location Atherfield, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Bionic Bionic 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary On testing a demo Bionic 2 paraglider resulted in unstable oscillation when central control line fully deployed. Glider flew ok if control line only pulled half way or less.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 08.12.2004	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: Novice	Location Bo Peep, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Fiesta 2 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student stumbled in long grass on landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist
Date 05.12.2004	Pilot Male Age: 27 Rating: Novice	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Fiesta Ii Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Student failed to keep hands high while releasing from tow line and caused glider to stall resulting in a heavy landing.	Injury Pilot: Dislo elbow
Date 14.11.2004	Pilot Male Age: 71 Rating: CP	Location Perranporth Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Flame Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Glider suffered asymmetric collapse having spun at low level due to excessive control input.	Injury Pilot: Fr ribs and multiple internal

Last updated: 21 May 2025

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