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 2452 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 09.08.2002	Pilot Male Rating: CP	Location North Luffenham, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sportlite Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Spinnaker release failed to operate during tow launch despite several attempts.	Injury Unknown
Date 06.08.2002	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: P	Location Perranporth, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bandit Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot performing low level wing overs impacted the hill.	Injury Pilot: Broken pelvis (open book) dislocated elbow, torn bladder.
Date 03.08.2002	Pilot Male Age: 38	Location High Edge- Training Field, UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary Student injured neck whilst attempting PLF from kneeling position.	Injury Unknown
Date 03.08.2002	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P	Location Condover Feastival, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Freex Pure Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Tow release webbing pulled riser through carabiner prior to tow launch. The webbing loop tightened around the speed bar line pulley area. This was noticed after take-off. Pilot released at 700ft and landed safely.	Injury Unknown
Date 03.08.2002	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP	Location Parlick, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot flying downwind to intended landing field realised that he would not reach the field. Having left himself no other landing options, and with a large ditch beneath him, the pilot opted to land downwind. He impacted the downwind side of the ditch.	Injury Pilot: Fractured l1 vertibrea, airlifted to royal preston hospital
Date 02.08.2002	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P	Location Candover, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sportlite 396 Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary During tow launch the tow line finger trap loop came loose approximately 40 ft AGL. The pilot applkied brake to control the forward surge and impacted the ground feet first.	Injury Pilot: Bruising to lower back
Date 31.07.2002	Pilot Unknown	Location Unknown	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary Pilot flew canopy slowly whilst close to the ground - canopy stalled asymmetrically at 20ft - pilot impacted the gound.	Injury Pilot: Serious head injuries.
Date 28.07.2002	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: CP	Location Nanty Moel, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Matrix Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Whilst ground handling the pilot realised that the split A risers on the right of his canopy were rigged incorrectly from the manufacturer.	Injury Unknown
Date 27.07.2002	Pilot Male Age: 33	Location Muggery Bottom, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Windtech Coral Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student twisted ankle whilst landing.	Injury Pilot: Twisted and sprained right ankle- first aid on site
Date 24.07.2002	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: CP	Location Ffochiw, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Jive Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Inexperienced pilot flew into the rear of another PG. His canopy suffered an asymmetric collapse followed by a 90 degree turn resulting in downwind track. The canopy dived forward and did not regain normal flight before the pilot impacted the hill.	Injury Pilot: Fracture to upper arm, 2 suspected fractured vertibrae, air helicopter to prnce charles hospital- merthyr

Last updated: 2 December 2024

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