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 03.06.2004	Pilot Rating: Novice	Location Mt Caburn, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student found himself 6m in the air on farward launch ground handle practice. Stalled glider and landed heavily on back.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 01.06.2004	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: CP	Location UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Oasis Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot noticed at take off that a riser maillon was stretched and lines had come out, probably on previous flight.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 31.05.2004	Pilot Male Age: 31	Location Nont Sarahs, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot was ground handling glider after landing. Snagged line and was flung onto rocks.	Injury Pilot: Fr leg
Date 30.05.2004	Pilot Male Age: 35	Location UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Kimfly River Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Mid air collision resulting in serious injury to one of the pilots. Pilot 1 turned at end of ridge and collided with pilot 2 who was following. Neither were seen to take avoiding action.	Injury Pilot: Fr back, fr ribs
Date 29.05.2004	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: P	Location Colley Hill, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Oasis Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at 6m ato in gusty, turbulent conditions and was unable to recover glider before hitting the hill.	Injury Pilot: Fr ribs
Date 29.05.2004	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: P	Location Parlick, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Electron Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot turned too tight due to proximity to hill. Probably caused spin then stalled in trying to recover surge.	Injury Pilot: Bruising, cracked rib
Date 25.05.2004	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: P	Location Agy, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 5 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot had to take avoiding action when on finals to avoid collision with another paraglider that had been carrying out 360s low to the ground. Turning sharply to avoid the collision caused the glider to dive and the pilot pendulumed into the ground.	Injury Pilot: Fr l1 vertebra
Date 25.05.2004	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: Novice	Location Blaenavon, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student applied erratic control input at 6m above ground. Canopy stalled and student landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist, vertebra and pelvis
Date 23.05.2004	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: P	Location Firle, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Cosmic Rider Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Dual pilot caught out by wind switching in landing area and landed heavily crosswind. Passenger sustained minor back strain.	Injury Pilot: Strained back muscles
Date 21.05.2004	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: CP	Location Nantymoel, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Space Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot caught hand on ground while landing, fracturing his wrist.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist

Last updated: 2 December 2024

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