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 04.04.2021	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: P Flying Experience: 14 years 800 hours (15 hours) 1200 flights (22 flights)	Location Dunstable, Dunstable, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 10 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was aware when airborne that the wind had changed and chose an alternative landing area away from the hill. Upon landing, the wing settled over a tree.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 04.04.2021	Pilot Male Age: 66 Rating: P Flying Experience: 15 years 1000 hours (30 hours)	Location Devils Dyke, Brighton, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Phi Allegro Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot misjudged the wind direction whilst attempting a slope landing and hit a protruding area of ground following a fast approach, causing injury.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 03.04.2021	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P Flying Experience: 22 years 400 hours (15 hours) 300 flights (23 flights)	Location Fern, Forfar, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Mac Para Paradis Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot slope landed and then turned drop the glider on the ground, causing a twisting injury to the knee.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 01.04.2021	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: P Flying Experience: 8 years 25 hours (2 hours) 80 flights (3 flights)	Location Ravenscar Cliffs (Unofficial), Ravenscar, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Ion 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot activated the speed system by pressing on the plastic coated metal loop of the Independence branded speedbar. The loop detached from the speedbar on one side (at the point where it meets the bar), rendering the loop unusable to initiate the speed system.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 31.03.2021	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P	Location Crete Road, Folkestone, Folkestone, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was seen to make a sharp turn at the end of the ridge and lost control of their paraglider when they entered a spin. the pilot impacted the hillside and sustained injury.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 31.03.2021	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 13 years 120 hours 290 flights (1 flight)	Location Parlick, Lancashire, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot hit their hand on the ground as they applied the controls during a slope landing in light lift conditions.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 30.03.2021	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 1800 hours	Location Milk Hill White Horse, Alton Barnes, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: 777 King Launch Type: Foot	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 30.03.2021	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: P Flying Experience: 7 years 80 hours (8 hours) 200 flights (20 flights)	Location High & Over, Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Hook 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 25.03.2021	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: P Flying Experience: 10 years 41 hours (8 hours) 68 flights (13 flights)	Location Crete Road, Folkestone, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 10 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Whilst in flight, the pilot was made aware that their emergency parachute deployment handle was hanging out of their harness. The pilot landed and re-fitted the handle which had become dislodged during a previous aborted take-off.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 21.03.2021	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 5 years 5 hours (5 hours) 32 flights (32 flights)	Location South Harting, Hampshire, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Arriba 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot inflated the paraglider with lines knotted and tangled. The controls were applied hard as the pilot attempted to bring the wing under control, causing the control lines to break. The launch was abandoned.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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