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 2455 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 15.09.2002	Pilot Female	Location Addleborough, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima	Summary Student strained muscles in her leg whilst attempting to launch.	Injury Pilot: Twisted knee-sprain
Date 10.09.2002	Pilot Male Age: 31 Rating: CP	Location Chamonix, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Xact Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Whilst attempting to utilise small strong thermal lift canopy suffered a collapse which developed into a spin. Pilot unable to correct situation deployed reserve which did not open fully, impacted ground heavily.	Injury Pilot: Cut elbow and bruised ribs
Date 08.09.2002	Pilot Male Age: 31 Rating: CP	Location Nont Sarah, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Allegra Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot attempting to slope land with insufficient airspeed resulted in the canopys right wing collapsing followed by a spin into the hill.	Injury Pilot: Right shoulder dislocated, to calderdale nhs trust
Date 08.09.2002	Pilot Female Age: 48 Rating: CP	Location Atherfield, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: FLYING PLANET Astir Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary PG pilot concerned that a helicopter flying downwind of the ridge she was soaring on passed too close.	Injury Unknown
Date 08.09.2002	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: CP	Location Atherfield, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Vibe Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Helicopter pssed behind pilots soaring ridge.	Injury Unknown
Date 03.09.2002	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P	Location Haig Pit, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Saphir Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary During a top landing attempt the pilot realised that he was in danger of landing close to some parked cars at the downwind end of the field. At the last minute he decided to try to land behind the cars, but was unable to turn quickly enough to avoid them.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 01.09.2002	Pilot Male Age: 43	Location Warren Hill Low, UK Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details.	Injury Pilot: Sprained ankle, 1st aid applied and to casulaty
Date 01.09.2002	Pilot Male	Location Warren Hill, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: FLYING PLANET Astair Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student failed to gain sufficient airspeed on launch and attempted to jump into the air.	Injury Pilot: Twisted ankle
Date 31.08.2002	Pilot Male Age: 64 Rating: P	Location Bell Hill, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Allegra Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Whilst out landing the pilot initiated a right hand turn to enter his intended field. The canopy entered a spiral at approximately 50ft and the pilot impacted the ground.	Injury Pilot: Bruising to back and arm, went to gp few days later
Date 29.08.2002	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: CP	Location Marfield Beacon, UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary No details.	Injury Pilot: Fractured hip and leg, helicopter to hospital

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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