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 2497 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 30.03.2004	Pilot Female Age: 34 Rating: Novice	Location Plain Joux, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Lift Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student overcompensated asymmetric at 30m and spun into building.	Injury Pilot: Fr heal and compressed vertebra
Date 29.03.2004	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: Novice	Location Merthyr Common, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Harmony Ii Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student lifted legs before glider properly flying. Caught outstretched leg on rock.	Injury Pilot: Sprained ankle
Date 29.03.2004	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: Novice	Location Currium, Cyprus Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 4 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student got too close to hill while attempting to soar and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Bruised elbow
Date 29.03.2004	Pilot Male Age: 29 Rating: Novice	Location Fasoula, Cyprus Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student hit foot on rock after being pulled to one side on launch.	Injury Pilot: Spr ankle
Date 27.03.2004	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: Novice	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Fiesta Ii Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary At approx 20m glider stalled on tow. Pilot pendulumed into ground but was OK but for some bruising. Glider suspected.	Injury Pilot: Bruising
Date 06.03.2004	Pilot Female Age: 35 Rating: CP	Location Telegraph, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Z-One Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot flew too far back for top landing approach and was caught in rotor.	Injury Pilot: Fr shoulder
Date 04.03.2004	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P	Location France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Windtech Pulsar Small Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot induced an accelerated symmetric collapse on an siv course. Glider entered stall and needed significant pilot input to recover. DHV 1/2 glider.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 04.03.2004	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: P	Location France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot induced accelerated symmetric collapse on siv course. Glider entered stall and was difficult to recover.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 02.03.2004	Pilot Male Age: 64 Rating: P	Location Ibituruna, Brazil Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Aspen Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot misjudged landing and was still in turn when landing falling onto hand.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist
Date 15.02.2004	Pilot Male Age: 21 Rating: Novice	Location Marina Farm, Kenya Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 2 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student did not run on landing and stuck legs out spraining right ankle.	Injury Pilot: Spr ankle

Last updated: 21 June 2025

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