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 09.07.2022	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 35 years 2500 hours (50 hours) (40 flights)	Location Ager top take off, Ager, Spain Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Very Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Camino Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had frontal collapse while on bar. Glider recovered with cravat and eventually twisted risers and spiral. Pilot deployed parachute, which opened in front and dislocated pilots shoulder. Pilot was able to disable glider and landed safely under parachute.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 08.07.2022	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 3 years 14 hours (4 hours) 27 flights (8 flights)	Location Westbury White Horse, Westbury, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary While ridge soaring pilot was losing height and started to head to the bottom landing. Pilot flew into strong thermal and suffered a 70% collapse exiting. Glider re-inflated, pilot regained control and landed safely in the bottom landing field.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 08.07.2022	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: P Flying Experience: 34 years	Location Hill Farm, Fransham, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota2 Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Whilst waiting in the queue for a tow launch, pilot was lifted off the ground by an unannounced dust devil. Pilot, who was in his harness, fully kitted up and wearing his helmet, was dumped down 5 metres away.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 06.07.2022	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 8 years 380 hours (55 hours) 967 flights (110 flights)	Location Gemona, Gemona, Italy Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered repeated asymmetric collapse then realised his speed bar was jammed fully on on one side. Pilot flew away from hill and used hook knife to cut the speedbar line. Pilot top landed and made a repair.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 05.07.2022	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: P Flying Experience: 15 years 300 hours (21 hours) 487 flights (28 flights)	Location Ager, Montsec d'Ar, Ager, Spain Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse while on glide in to land. Glider cravatted and entered rotation. Pilot deployed reserve but became entangled in parachute. Pilot managed to get parachute off and it eventually deployed with some damage.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 28.06.2022	Pilot Male Age: 70 Rating: P Flying Experience: 24 years 800 hours (25 hours) 1800 flights (50 flights)	Location Newhaven, Newhaven, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Ikuma 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot caught hand in brake line, having not released a wrap in a strong wind launch. Caused loss of steering control and a landing in a bramble, gorse and hawthorn thicket.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 27.06.2022	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P Flying Experience: 29 years	Location Chabre South top, France, France Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost control of glider while moving forward during reverse launch. Pilot lost pressure in right side of wing and applied brake but was lifted by the gust and dropped 5 metres to his left.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 25.06.2022	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 23 years 650 hours (30 hours) (20 flights)	Location Mont Lachat de Châtillon, Le Grand Bornand, France Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Cayenne 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary During competition pilot noticed frequent asymmetric collapses on left side of the wing. Inspection of wing showed a rod was missing from leading edge upper surface on the left side of the wing. Pilot does not know what event caused the rod to be missing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 22.06.2022	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 3 years	Location Bradwell, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sol Atmus 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot failed to control pitch while in a thermal and the glider suffered an asymmetric collapse. Pilot deployed emergency parachute and landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 19.06.2022	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 27 years 2415 hours (57 hours) 3887 flights (106 flights)	Location Clough Head, Keswick, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Explorer 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot hadn't noticed the wind had shifted and ended up leeside on a large cliff face. Pilot landed heavily in sink attempting to slope land. Pilot slid down into rocks.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries

Last updated: 2 December 2024

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