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 2455 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 29.12.2021	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P Flying Experience: 8 years 70 hours (40 hours) 130 flights (80 flights)	Location Mystic, Bright, Australia	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Phi Maestro X-Alps	Summary Pilot discovered that glass fibre side slat had come out of position on harness and had interfered with speed bar line. This was not picked up during pre-flight check as line was still free moving. During subsequent flight the speed bar line cut half way through a load bearing strap. This was spotted on next pre-flight check.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 24.12.2021	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: P Flying Experience: 7 years 296 hours (61 hours) 1052 flights (152 flights)	Location Newhaven Cliffs, Newhaven, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon9 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off at coastal site but lost height and landed at the base of the cliffs. Pilot was cut off by incoming tide and was rescued by the coast guard.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 25.11.2021	Pilot Rating: AP Flying Experience: 18 years 820 hours (80 hours)	Location UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Zeolite GT Launch Type: Foot	Summary Glider had recently returned from a line trim at a service centre. While ground handling pilot noticed outer A lines had been replaced incorrectly.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 23.11.2021	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P Flying Experience: 12 years 908 hours (117 hours) 950 flights (87 flights)	Location Morfa Nefyn, Llyn Peninsula, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Tequila 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had airprox with single prop plane while ridge soaring. Pilot has filed an airprox.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 14.11.2021	Pilot Female Age: 52 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 4 years 2 hours (2 hours) 12 flights (12 flights)	Location Mam Tor, Castleton, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Ion6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot made approach with insufficient height and was unable to turn into wind before landing. Pilot landed heavily in a ditch.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 03.11.2021	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 5 years 25 hours (25 hours) 30 flights (30 flights)	Location Monksdown, Shaftesbury, UK Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was soaring close to trees and began to get blown back. Pilot decided to turn downwind but was caught in the turbulence behind the trees. Pilot lost control in turbulence and crashed but was uninjured.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Head Injuries
Date 23.10.2021	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: P Flying Experience: 17 years 700 hours (38 hours) (50 flights)	Location Compton - Reds, Isle of wight, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Zeno Launch Type: Foot	Summary On attempting to land pilot was going backwards on half bar. Pilot applied full bar too aggressively and resulting 'swoop' brushed bar against ground knocking foot off the bar. Pilot went up and back but was able to land safely on road having regained control.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 18.10.2021	Pilot Male Age: 66 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 2 hours (1 hour) 20 flights (5 flights)	Location St Adre les Alpes, France Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: 777 Pawn Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged height on final turn into wind turning too high. Pilot flared high on reaching the end of the landing field and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 17.10.2021	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 5 years 2 hours (2 hours) 4 flights (4 flights)	Location Branscombe, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Vantage 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot collided with fence on cliff top when attempting to jump a gap on a ridge run.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.10.2021	Pilot Male Rating: P	Location Devil's Dyke, Brighton, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Cayenne Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot turned towards hill while thermalling on busy site but lost control and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Pelvis

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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