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 2537 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
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
Date 01.08.2004	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: Novice	Location High & Over, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot landed heavily having lost height on approach to landing.	Injury Pilot: Twisted knee
Date 31.07.2004	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: Novice	Location UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Space Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student tripped having completed flight successfully.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 31.07.2004	Pilot Male Age: 24 Rating: Novice	Location Mt Caburn, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Samba Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student collided with another paraglider (both flew on without incident) whilst ridge soaring. Poor airmanship!.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 26.07.2004	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP	Location Telegraph Hill, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Ignition Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse as a result of rotor caused by windy conditions.	Injury Pilot: Ligament and tissue damage to neck and back
Date 13.07.2004	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: P	Location Worcester Beacon, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered stall then failed to make immediate recovery. Eventually recovered.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 12 September 2025

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