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 08.04.2023	Pilot Male Age: 51 Flying Experience: 15 years 200 hours (6 hours) (3 flights)	Location Parlick, Preston, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 9 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot noticed the parachute bridle zip had come loose for a second time. On closer inspection it became apparent that the 'c' eyelet had not been engaged during a repack.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 08.04.2023	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: P Flying Experience: 29 years 900 hours (22 hours) (25 flights)	Location Rushup Edge, SHEFFIELD, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Alpina 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot encountered turbulent rising and sinking air while on approach to landing. At approx 2m pilot hit big sink and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 08.04.2023	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 3 years 1 hour (1 hour) 1 flight (1 flight)	Location Glyderau, Gwynedd, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 9	Summary Pilot was dragged uphill on reverse launch, lost balance and banged ribs on a rock.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 07.04.2023	Pilot Male Age: 75 Rating: P Flying Experience: 22 years 1000 hours (10 hours) 500 flights (20 flights)	Location Constitution Hill, Aberystwyth, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Explorer Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot encountered turbulent sinking air having flown over a spur to land on the beach. Pilot made tight turn to land more into wind but glider spun and pilot landed in the sea.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 07.04.2023	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: P Flying Experience: 28 years 158 hours (4 hours) 543 flights (7 flights)	Location Combe Gibbet, Hungerford, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Alpina Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had near miss while ridge soaring having failed to move out to allow another pilot right of way while on a head on course. Pilot left decision too late to take avoiding action.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 02.04.2023	Pilot Male Age: 68 Rating: P Flying Experience: 41 years 1000 hours 1000 flights (27 flights)	Location Filey Bay, East Yorkshire, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Macpara Eden7 Launch Type: Foot	Summary While coastal soaring just below cliff top height pilot caught lines on a bush. This caused an asymmetric collapse that the pilot was able to recover from before bottom landing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 02.04.2023	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: P Flying Experience: 18 years 238 hours (10 hours) 531 flights (23 flights)	Location Pontlottyn, Pontlottyn, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Explorer 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered 50% asymmetric collapse on exiting a thermal resulting in a cravat. Pilot attempted to release cravat but was drifting towards power lines. Pilot stalled glider into hill in avoiding the power lines. Pilot says SIV course helped deal with situation.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 01.04.2023	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 2 years (25 flights)	Location Aglou, Aglou, Morocco Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova ION 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Shortly after take off on a downwind beat on a ridge soaring flight, pilot collided with a boulder on the slope.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Thoracic Spine
Date 19.03.2023	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: P Flying Experience: 10 years 150 hours (10 hours) 50 flights (15 flights)	Location Parlick, Preston, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota DLS Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot failed to put leg through leg loop one fastening new harness. Pilot took off and slipped down through harness to hang by arms. Pilot rotated into the hill having let go of one of the brakes due to it being twisted causing a weight shift turn.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 15.03.2023	Pilot Male Age: 63 Flying Experience: 10 years 250 hours (20 hours) 500 flights (100 flights)	Location The Warren, Capel le Ferne, Folkestone, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot landed in gusty conditions. Landed OK and then failed to control wing after being hit by a strong gust. Lost balance and was dragged to boundary of field. Wing impacted a large pile of rubble and sustained significant damage.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 24 May 2025

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