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.

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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 2542 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 14.06.2023	Pilot Male Age: 73 Rating: P Flying Experience: 48 years	Location Pontlottyn, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 5 Lite Launch Type: Foot	Summary During pre-flight inspection pilot noticed main A2 line was damaged where it attached to the Maillon connector. Pilot ordered new line and on fitting noticed adjacent line was also damaged. Further inspection showed a sharp irregularity on the upper, inside curve of the Maillon.	Injury Unknown
Date 04.06.2023	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 2 years 7 hours (7 hours) 18 flights (18 flights)	Location Heol Senni, Brecon, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Epic Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was picked up, and blown/dragged back during launch, colliding with dry stone wall behind launch.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Head Injuries
Date 04.06.2023	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 4 years 2 hours (1 hour) 8 flights (3 flights)	Location Monksdown, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary While practicing ground handling pilot was lifted off feet. Pilot flared and was lifted higher. Pilot turned upwind along the ridge without losing height. Pilot then turned downwind along the ridge and crashed at speed.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 02.06.2023	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: P Flying Experience: 5 years 250 hours (50 hours) 307 flights (52 flights)	Location Burnbank Fell, Cockermouth, Cumbria, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota DLS Launch Type: Foot	Summary While thermalling close to the hillside pilot misjudged distance from the slope and did not have room to complete the 360 turn. Pilot collided with hill down wind on take off area.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 26.05.2023	Pilot Male Age: 64 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 18 years 1000 hours (50 hours) 1000 flights (30 flights)	Location Malvern Kettle Sings, Malvern, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Zeno Launch Type: Foot	Summary While flying through sink on half bar pilot entered a strong thermal. Wing suffered 70% asymmetric collapse resulting in a large cravat. Pilot could not maintain heading so deployed emergency parachute and landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 24.05.2023	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: P Flying Experience: 8 years 75 hours (12 hours) 228 flights (20 flights)	Location Babadag 1900, Oludeniz, Turkey Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Phi Symphonia Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered frontal collapse on launch. Suspected fell out of back of thermal. Landed on rocky ground from approx 3m.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 22.05.2023	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 4 years 20 hours (5 hours) 40 flights (20 flights)	Location Clough head, Keswick, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot launched into a short-lived thermal cycle and had to slope land. Pilot landed on uneven, rocky ground, damaging ankle.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 21.05.2023	Pilot Male Age: 24 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 4 years 20 hours (5 hours) 60 flights (8 flights)	Location Putsbrough, North Devon, North Devon, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Arriba Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off on a coastal cliff soaring flight but misjudged wind strength. Being unable to gain the required height for a top landing the pilot was forced to land in the sea as there were no beach options. Pilot landed close to rocks and was eventually rescued. Pilot was unable to recover wing from the water.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 20.05.2023	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P Flying Experience: 21 years 1200 hours (65 hours) 400 flights (40 flights)	Location Near Loft Crag,, Langdale, Cumbria, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Zeolite GT Launch Type: Foot	Summary In light winds pilot reversed launched into a breeze that was stronger than expected. Pilot was lifted off while still facing the wrong way resulting in a full riser twist. Pilot elected to fly out to get height but glider entered a turn and pilot collided with the hill at speed while still facing backwards.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 16.05.2023	Pilot Male Age: 75 Rating: P Flying Experience: 49 years 10000 hours (3 hours) (4 flights)	Location Afton, IOW, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk PEAK4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost control of glider while thermalling in strong conditions. Pilot suspects over control lead to spin and eventual stall onto hill top.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder

Last updated: 13 November 2025

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