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 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
Date 27.07.2001	Pilot Male Age: 31	Location Whetton, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Electron Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student failed to follow radio instructions and flew into an area of turbulence, canopy collapse (50%) piutched down and left into rocks.	Injury Pilot: Poss : fr vertebra, l femur, r ankle, head injury not specified, , bleeding from femur area.
Date 27.07.2001	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: CP	Location Parlick, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Atlas Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot realised too late that he was flying downwind with insufficeint height - impacted steep part of the hill.	Injury Pilot: Bennetts fracture to right thumb. deep gash in right shin.
Date 26.07.2001	Pilot Male Age: 42	Location Muggery Bottom, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Spectra Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student turned left into the hill rather than right as instructed.	Injury Pilot: Suspected fractured foot.
Date 23.07.2001	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: CP	Location Brighstone, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Atto Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot injured foot during gentle lanbding.	Injury Pilot: Torn quadriceps tendon above knee joint.
Date 22.07.2001	Pilot Male	Location Compton Bowl, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Reggae Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student landed feet first on the side of the hill after instructions over the radio were ignored.	Injury Pilot: Bruised lower back.
Date 22.07.2001	Pilot Female Age: 25	Location Compton Bowl, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Reggae Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student attempting top landing landed seated, canopy fell sideways.	Injury Pilot: Sprained ankle
Date 20.07.2001	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: CP	Location Lejar S.e., Spain Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Canopy suffered large collapse during top to bottom flight, parachute deployed, did not open, pilot impacted mountain side.	Injury Pilot: Fr pelvis, 10 fractured ribs, lung damage.
Date 16.07.2001	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP	Location Muggery Bottom, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Fiesta Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Canopy suffered collapse during landing approach.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 13 September 2025

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