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).

All Wing Types Paraglider Flexwing Hang Glider Rigid Hang Glider Speedrider Speedflyer/Miniwing Powered PG Powered HG Other

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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 2515 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
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
Date 05.11.2004	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: CP	Location Devils Dyke, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Electron Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot had midair collision on crowded site. Glider entered spin and pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 31.10.2004	Pilot Female Age: 42 Rating: CP	Location Middle Wallop, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Up Pulse Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Pilot stalled glider while on vehicle tow launch and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr spine
Date 18.10.2004	Pilot Female Age: 28 Rating: Novice	Location Bedlinog, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student went offline after take off and fell over.	Injury Pilot: Bruising
Date 08.10.2004	Pilot Male	Location Cwm Parc, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Unknown pilot crashed while ridge soaring.	Injury Pilot: Unknown
Date 02.10.2004	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP	Location Woldingham, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Harley Scirocco Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot caught out by wind strength over trees and blown back into rotor behind trees. Fell onto parked car.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 26.09.2004	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P	Location Woolacombe, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Hornet Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot lost control of glider and crashed when in a hurry to launch in strong conditions.	Injury Pilot: Fr tib
Date 05.09.2004	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: P	Location Plan Praz, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 4 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse due to turbulence and crashed into rocky cliffside.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 04.09.2004	Pilot Male Age: 27 Rating: CP	Location Mt Caburn, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot encountered unexpected (though predictable) sink while ridge soaring. This resulted in a very fast slope landing attempt.	Injury Pilot: Fr tib and fib

Last updated: 17 July 2025

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A number of incident analysis reports are also available in the safety section of our website. These are compiled from the individual incident reports submitted during the course of each year.

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