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 23.12.2001	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P	Location Middle Wallop, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird G Sport Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Cut foot.
Date 14.12.2001	Pilot Male Age: 67 Rating: CP	Location At Villa In Lanzarote, Spain	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Allegra	Summary Pilot bought harness froma chief coach which was subsequently discovered to be in poor condition and unsuitable.	Injury Unknown
Date 28.11.2001	Pilot Male Age: 37	Location Unknown	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Up Makalu L	Summary Pilot shortened the lines attached to the speed bar, this caused the speedbar to be applied during weight shift turns as the extra weight on the front of the harness seat would press on the speed bar.	Injury Unknown
Date 16.11.2001	Pilot Male Age: 39	Location Shining Tor, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Electron Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary During light wind forward launch pilot appeared to encounter sinking air. The student continued to run, but stepped onto uneven ground resulting in a broken ankle.	Injury Pilot: Fr tibia and fibula, dl metatarsal.
Date 04.11.2001	Pilot Female Age: 25	Location Beddingham, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima Xix Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student forward launched assymetrically which caused her to fall over.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist
Date 03.11.2001	Pilot Female	Location Steyning Bowl, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary During an attempted forward launch the canopy inflated slightly off line, the student continued with the launch but soon realised that she was heading for a tree, she applied full brake - the wing overshot and draped itself over a tree.	Injury Unknown
Date 01.11.2001	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP	Location Various	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Up Makalu	Summary Pilot adjusted the length of the speedbar to make it easier to use. Noticed that during weight shift turns the speed system was unintentionally being applied causing small collapses.	Injury Unknown
Date 28.10.2001	Pilot Male Age: 41	Location Moel Y Cl Mynhad, UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary No details.	Injury Pilot: Lower back
Date 28.10.2001	Pilot Male Age: 42	Location Moel Winion, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 2 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student was surprised by the speed of a light wind landing - tripped during landing.	Injury Pilot: Damaged right ankle.
Date 28.10.2001	Pilot Male	Location Suttons Corner, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Carbon Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Reserve parachute fell out of the students harness during an attempted forward launch.	Injury Unknown

Last updated: 12 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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