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 14.04.2002	Pilot Male Age: 23	Location North Luffenham, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Harley Paramount 9/ 288 Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Towing. Land Rover jumped out of gear during tow launch. Ram air parachute descended rapidly from 150ft. Pilot failed to flare and landed on coccyx.	Injury Pilot: Bruised coccyx
Date 08.04.2002	Pilot Unknown	Location Himachal Pradesh, India	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary Pilot lost in Himilayas.	Injury Pilot: Missing, presumed fatally injured.
Date 05.04.2002	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP	Location Pena Rubia, Spain Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Sapphire Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details BOI convened.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 04.04.2002	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP	Location Mam Tor, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Ignition Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Whilst performing a reverse launch the pilot became airborne during his turn - he flew the canopy forward. At 15ft the canopy suffered an asymmetric collapse and turned into the hillside, the pilot had insufficient time to correct this.	Injury Pilot: Fr tibia, dl right ankle.
Date 30.03.2002	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: P	Location Mere, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Futura Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot discovered a 15 inch tear in the canopy whilst building a wall. He has no idea what caused this tear.	Injury Unknown
Date 30.03.2002	Pilot Male Age: 38	Location Holme Next The Sea Sssi, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Xact 25 Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Attempting to tow a paraglider behind a car the canopy locked out and the canopy was pulled into the beach severely injuring the pilot.	Injury Pilot: Fractures to: r knee, 3 or 4 lumbar vertebrae (compression) internal injuries.
Date 30.03.2002	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P	Location Mynyad Meid, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Following landing the pilot was dragged sideways into a ditch.	Injury Pilot: Broken right hand- 2 metacarpal bones
Date 29.03.2002	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP	Location Woldham 2, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Carbon Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Prior to tow launch, as tension came full the line the tow release partially failed resulting in the left bridle coming off with the tow line attached to the right bridle only. The launched was aborted when the pilot had reached 10ft. Landed ok.	Injury Unknown
Date 24.03.2002	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P	Location Bwlch Y Groes, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: ADG Bi - Manta Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Following a tandem flight it was discovered that one of the maillons connecting the riser to the spreader bar was undone and had stretched out of shape by approx 5mm.	Injury Unknown
Date 23.03.2002	Pilot Male Age: 32	Location Steyning Bowl, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Trekking Sunbeam Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Student fell during forward launch dislocating his knee cap.	Injury Pilot: Dislocated knee cap

Last updated: 12 September 2025

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