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 2497 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 21.03.2022	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: P Flying Experience: 7 years 200 hours (5 hours) 400 flights (12 flights)	Location Hole of Horcum, North Yorkshire Moors, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz z6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot caught foot on uneven ground while collapsing wing fracturing ankle.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 17.03.2022	Pilot Female Age: 60 Rating: AP	Location Eype, West Bay, UK Wind Strength: 35-40 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Zeolite Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was attempting to beach land in strong conditions due to increasing winds. Pilot was applying heavy brakes in order to descend but stalled one wing leading to a spin and a heavy landing.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 15.03.2022	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: P Flying Experience: 9 years 250 hours (30 hours) 500 flights (20 flights)	Location Ballard, Dorset, Swanage, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot launched when wind was off the hill. Unable to maintain height pilot opted for beach landing but did not have sufficient height to turn into wind. Landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 15.03.2022	Pilot Male Age: 65 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 6 years 12 hours (6 hours) (6 flights)	Location Cassette, Borso del grappa, Italy Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 9 Launch Type: Foot	Summary On landing out pilot noticed power lines in chosen field. Pilot chose alternative field but this sloped away and pilot collided with fig tree on landing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.03.2022	Pilot Male Rating: CP	Location Bunster Hill, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had previously had heavy seated landing. Pilot walked towards glider unaware that his emergency parachute had fallen out. Pilot was lifted off the ground but descended gently.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.03.2022	Pilot Female Age: 62 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 46 years 7000 hours (15 hours) 10000 flights (15 flights)	Location Rush Up, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot initiated reverse launch using inner “A” risers. On inflation, glove & brake line became trapped in the riser. Pilot took off facing backwards, having removed hand from the glove. The trapped brake line caused substantial sideways travel, towards the hill. Pilot managed to free the brake line by grabbing the glove with both hands and using full force to remove it, together with the brake line, from the riser.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.03.2022	Pilot Male Age: 75 Rating: P Flying Experience: 28 years 1075 hours (15 hours) 2015 flights (18 flights)	Location Trefor Rocks, Llangollen, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Base Lite Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered low level asymmetric collapse having experienced a sudden change in wind speed.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 14.03.2022	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 4 years 3 hours (3 hours) 30 flights (30 flights)	Location Mount Caburn, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot top landed but thought glider was going to land on a fence so jumped back over fence using lift from his wing. Pilot fell over on landing.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 14.03.2022	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 6 years 20 hours (6 hours) 40 flights (10 flights)	Location Tapetti, Borso Del Grappa, Italy Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Strong, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot crashed into the top of pine trees. Pilot thought he was ascending in a turn in a thermal, but was actually descending at the time.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 14.03.2022	Pilot Male Age: 64 Rating: P	Location Worcestershire Beacon, Malvern, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Cayenne 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had asymmetric collapse leading to a cascade. Pilot was unable to recover before hitting a tree.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 22 June 2025

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