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 2497 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 04.05.2002	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: P	Location Hillend Edinburgh, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Promise Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Whilst collapsing the canopy following landing a gust caused the canopy to inflate pulling the pilot up and backwards. The pilots helmet hit a fence and snagged as the rest of his body was pulled over the fence.	Injury Pilot: Concussion & strained muscle in neck
Date 04.05.2002	Pilot Male Age: 67 Rating: CP	Location Kennel Farm, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Electron Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Following a tow launch the pilot flew downwind back to launch. He failed to turn into wind to landed - downwind landing.	Injury Unknown
Date 03.05.2002	Pilot Female Age: 39 Rating: CP	Location UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Fiesta S	Summary Brummel hooks were wider than 1mm suggested gap - discovered upon inspection.	Injury Unknown
Date 03.05.2002	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: P	Location Dora, Cyprus Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Carbon Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Following a soaring flight the pilot appraoched the top landing by making a downwind leg then turning into wind. On turning into wind the pilot realised his glider wasnt penetrating forward. At 20ft his canopy collapsed and he fell to the ground.	Injury Pilot: Broken right wrist- fractured lower radius
Date 21.04.2002	Pilot Male Age: 25	Location Steyning Bowl, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: FreeX Sun Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student tripped and fell whilst ground handling the canopy.	Injury Pilot: Unspecified injury to r arm/shoulder.
Date 20.04.2002	Pilot Male Age: 19	Location Barton, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Mistral Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary During a tow launch the canopy gained 6ft altitude before descending due to lack of tension - as it did so the pilots body rotated resulting in the injury.	Injury Pilot: Unspecified injury to left leg.
Date 20.04.2002	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: P	Location Steyning, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Trekking Dynasty Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Flying in turbulent conditions encountered sinking air as he turned away from the ridge. This resulted in him sinking below the ridge and approaching a tree, the pilots attemps to turn away from the tree were too late.	Injury Unknown
Date 19.04.2002	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: AP	Location Olivers Castle, UK Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Mistral Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot became lost during xc flight. Helipcopter approached and circled him. Pilot landed and was met by military police who cautioned him.	Injury Unknown
Date 17.04.2002	Pilot Male Age: 25 Rating: CP	Location Kimmeridge, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Ignition Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Inexperienced pilot attempted 360 degree turn with insufficient height - impacted the hill.	Injury Pilot: Fr both wrists, possible l ankle, bruising etc to face, concussion.
Date 15.04.2002	Pilot Male Age: 41	Location Ruddlers West, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Following a successful forward inflation the right control was applied for no apparent reason causing the canopy to bank and pull the pilot over.	Injury Pilot: Fr elbow

Last updated: 22 June 2025

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