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 13.07.2002	Pilot Female Age: 37 Rating: P	Location Combe Gibbet, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Inexperienced pilot was unaware that the wind had increased. Her canopy was unable to penetrate forward, so she applied speed bar. At 20ft the canopy suffered a front tuck and the pilot fell to the ground.	Injury Pilot: Dislocated shoulder and broken collar bone,
Date 12.07.2002	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: P	Location Babadag, Turkey Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airea- Session Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot waited for gap in cloud before launching from mountain - following launch he decided to try and gain height. He then became engulfed in cloud, lost orientation, and flew into the mountainside.	Injury Pilot: Two dislocated bones in left foot, severed ligaments in r foot hospital: esnaf hastanesi, fethiye
Date 06.07.2002	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: CP	Location Atherfield, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Samba 29 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Helicopter had to change course to avoid pgs flying coastal site.	Injury Unknown
Date 24.06.2002	Pilot Unknown	Location Hunstanton, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird A Yellow One	Summary Pilot seen to attampt launch at foot of low cliffs. Canopy inflated dragging pilot over cliff tops into parked cars. Pilot then verbally abused car owner and hit the car with his helmet.	Injury Unknown
Date 23.06.2002	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: CP	Location Atherfield Bay, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Electron Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary The pilot became aware that he was catching another paraglider pilot also soaring in the same direction. He tried to over take the pilot on the cliff side but had insufficient room. The pilots wing collided with the leading pilots harness.	Injury Unknown
Date 23.06.2002	Pilot Male Age: 28	Location UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary As 096.	Injury Unknown
Date 23.06.2002	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: CP	Location Atherfield, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independance: Avalon Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Unknown
Date 20.06.2002	Pilot Male Age: 46	Location Kimmeridge, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Paraglider pilot flying in strong conditions, was seen to fly downwind behind the ridge whilst low. The pilot reappeared almost upside down in his harness. He then flew downwind again and the canopy was seen to collapse. Pilot was uninjured.	Injury Unknown
Date 20.06.2002	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P	Location Kimmeridge, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Magic 4 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot experienced turbulence during his landing approach, resulting in a wing dropping and an upright breaking as it hit the ground.	Injury Unknown
Date 19.06.2002	Pilot Male	Location Glynde Sussex	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary Report received from sussex police, awaiting IR.	Injury Pilot: Unspecified. ambulance called.

Last updated: 15 May 2025

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