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 2542 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
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
Date 25.09.2021	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: P Flying Experience: 19 years 350 hours	Location Nont Sarah's (Buckstone Edge), Marsden Moor, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had near miss with a drone he suspects was being flown by a FPV controller. Pilot was unable to locate drone owner.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 18.09.2021	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 32 years 1000 hours (20 hours) 1000 flights (10 flights)	Location Boviel, Dungiven, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Phi Maestro Launch Type: Foot	Summary Control handle failed while pilot was thermalling. Handle failed at the point where the webbing attaches to the swivel. Swivel did not go through the pully and pilot was able to retrieve and knot the handle back as a temporary in-flight fix.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 17.09.2021	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P Flying Experience: 8 years 120 hours (30 hours) 200 flights (20 flights)	Location Alos, Alpes Maritimes, Alos, France Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Air Design Rise4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged height and available landing space. Pilot attempted to land but stalled one side of the wing resulting in a heavy landing.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 10.09.2021	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: P Flying Experience: 15 years 1000 hours (40 hours)	Location Csolnok, Csolnok, Hungary Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mantra 7 Launch Type: Foot	Summary While ridge soaring pilot had mid-air with drone that caused damage to lines and cells in the centre of the wing. On colliding with the 25cm drone the glider pitched back and forward but then behaved normally allowing the pilot to top land safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 17 October 2025

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