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 2515 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 01.09.2001	Pilot Male Age: 66 Rating: P	Location Batcombe, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Harmony Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot launched into light wind and flew over a densley wooded part of the hill. In his attempt to remain in the lift band he inadvertently flew into a tree, his canopy getting caught in the branches.	Injury Unknown
Date 27.08.2001	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: P	Location Moel Elio, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Octane Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot launched into thermal lift. Almost immediately he turned back to take advantage of the lift. He misjudged his position within the thermal lift and flew into an area of sinking air above the hill causing him to lose 20ft and impact the hill.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebra, l1.
Date 23.08.2001	Pilot Male Age: 19 Rating: CP	Location Aspres, France Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Xact Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Inexperienced pilot failed to flare or perform a plf during landing, consequently landed very heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr lower fibula.
Date 18.08.2001	Pilot Male Age: 34	Location Ben Lawyers/ Maell Correneach, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Spectra Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Inexperienced pilot launched into strong conditions, stalled after take-off crashed into rock.	Injury Pilot: Two fractured lumbar vertebrae, fr ankle.
Date 07.08.2001	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: P	Location Long Mynd, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: FreeX Mission	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fractured (2) vertebrae (upper lumbar), possible fr ankle.
Date 07.08.2001	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P	Location Col De Forlaz, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Flame Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary See IR 01/089.	Injury Pilot: Slight bruising, r knee and neck.
Date 02.08.2001	Pilot Male Age: 37	Location Mittag, Germany Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Matrix Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary The canopy inflated unevenly during launch. The student managed to correct this but the student was now 20 degrees off his intended heading. The canopy lines scraped some ski cables located to the left of launch. Student recovered normal flight .	Injury Unknown
Date 30.07.2001	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: P	Location Thurnham, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fr both legs, two vertebrae.
Date 28.07.2001	Pilot Male Age: 47	Location Penmaer Beach, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Mac Eden Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student misjudged distance from the hill and clipped a lump on it. Spevtator called emergency services, helicopter arrived although was not needed.	Injury Pilot: Sprained wrist
Date 28.07.2001	Pilot Male Age: 39	Location Monks Field, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Black Magic M Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Lower back

Last updated: 11 July 2025

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