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 25.11.2002	Pilot Male Age: 33	Location Beddingham, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Fiesta Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Canopy collapsed while student was making top landing approach.	Injury Pilot: Bruising, possible suspected compressin of spine.
Date 18.11.2002	Pilot Female Age: 43 Rating: CP	Location Beer Head, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Matrix Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot misjudged landing approach and impacted the hill.	Injury Pilot: Stiff sore. nothing serious
Date 06.11.2002	Pilot Male Age: 23 Rating: CP	Location Alfamar, Spain, Spain Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Aircus (M) Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot misjudged landing approach and landed in wind shadow behind buildings.	Injury Pilot: Small fracture to the lower right fibula at ankle
Date 30.10.2002	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: CP	Location Unknown	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus	Summary Worn pulleys discovered to be causing damage to the control lines.	Injury Unknown
Date 24.10.2002	Pilot Male Age: 23 Rating: CP	Location Peters Paradise Greece, GR Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Vibe Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilots foot trapped when he released speed bar, canopy suffered a collapse, pilot seen to be applying too much control during descent. IMpacted ground hard.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 18.10.2002	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: CP	Location Peters Paradise Epidaunos, GR Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Vibe Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Canopy over flew pilot whilst attempting to launch - pilot fell over.	Injury Pilot: Fractured radius
Date 06.10.2002	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP	Location Monks Down, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Atlas Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Unknown
Date 01.10.2002	Pilot Male Age: 55	Location Dm, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Student jumped into the air during launch, landed heavily, tow aborted.	Injury Pilot: Chipped bone on ankle
Date 01.10.2002	Pilot Male Age: 25 Rating: CP	Location Unknown	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing	Summary Parachute bridle had been cut and tied to the harness.	Injury Unknown
Date 30.09.2002	Pilot Male Age: 43	Location Pilgrims Farm, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Santana Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student flying canopy too slowly on low hop. When he came to land he released the controls rather than flaring and impacted a fence.	Injury Pilot: Mild cuts and bruises to back and face

Last updated: 13 September 2025

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A number of incident analysis reports are also available in the safety section of our website. These are compiled from the individual incident reports submitted during the course of each year.

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