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 2453 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 09.03.2021	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: P Flying Experience: 9 years 400 hours (30 hours) 800 flights (50 flights)	Location Filey, Filey, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Chili 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was inspecting his wing and found the accelerator system Brummell hooks (harness end, both left and right sides) were severely corroded and had fallen apart inside their after-market Brummell hook covers.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 04.03.2021	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 230 hours (30 hours) (40 flights)	Location Caburn, Beddingham, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Geo 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was moving their glider after landing and tripped and fell, sustaining injury.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 27.02.2021	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P Flying Experience: 30 years 250 hours (10 hours) 800 flights (30 flights)	Location Dungavel, Lanarkshire, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Base Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot became aware of a tear in the harness webbing attachment to the carabiner whist in flight. They chose to make a precautionary landing and landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 25.02.2021	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 110 hours (40 hours) (80 flights)	Location Coaley Peak, Gloucestershire, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: UP Summit XC4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot unintentionally induced a spin when thermalling. This led to a cascade of departures from normal flight from which the pilot was unable to recover and he made a successful deployment of his emergency parachute.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 02.01.2021	Pilot Male Age: 24 Rating: P Flying Experience: 6 years 301 hours (96 hours) 427 flights (125 flights)	Location Winter Hill, Lancashire, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence, Rain, Snow	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 8 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was aware of deteriorating conditions and opted to top land. They lost control of the paraglider after top landing and were dragged, sustaining injury.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 31.12.2020	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: P Flying Experience: 13 years 240 hours (15 hours) 500 flights (15 flights)	Location Firle, East Sussex, Eastbourne, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Base Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot misjudged the height of trees on a wooded hillside and skimmed a tree top, catching the emergency parachute handle on a tree branch. The emergency parachute deployed into the tree, turning the paraglider towards the tree. The pilot fell to the ground, sustaining injury.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 29.12.2020	Pilot Male Age: 29 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 6 years 180 hours	Location Whitby, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Tequila 4	Summary The paraglider pilot activated his accelerator system in flight by pushing the speedbar in the normal manner. The harness end Brummel hooks both snapped in half at the attachment point for the speedbar line. The pilot was able to land without further incident.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 29.12.2020	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: P Flying Experience: 12 years 200 hours	Location Bell Hill, Dorset, UK Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h Conditions: Calm, Strong Turbulence, Rain, Snow	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was airborne in deteriorating conditions and lost control of the paraglider after touching down at the top of the hill, colliding with a fence. The paraglider re-inflated, lifting the pilot off the ground, and resulting in a hard landing.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 08.12.2020	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P Flying Experience: 10 years 322 hours (59 hours) 549 flights (89 flights)	Location Portland West, Portland, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot lost control of the paraglider on launch in gusty conditions and was injured whilst trying to regain control of the wing.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 01.12.2020	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 5 years 8 hours (8 hours) 15 flights (16 flights)	Location Afton, Isle of Wight, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Ion 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The low airtime Club Pilot was attempting to land. He lost control of the paraglider upon touchdown in the moderate breeze and was pulled off his feet, colliding with a fence.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured

Last updated: 12 December 2024

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