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 2493 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 14.04.2021	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years	Location Long Cliff, Castleton, Derbyshire, UK Conditions: Strong, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was soaring in wind of increasing strength and was unable to penetrate into wind without the speed system applied to its maximum. The pilot lost control of their wing following touchdown on the top of the hill and was dragged before regaining control.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 14.04.2021	Pilot Male Age: 68 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 38 years 1500 hours (9 hours) 1500 flights (12 flights)	Location Parlick West, Lancashire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Swift 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot top landed in a fresh wind and was dragged. They were unable to control the paraglider after touchdown as a plastic buckle on their glove had caught and become entangled with the speed system line.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.04.2021	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 10 years 222 hours (5 hours) 285 flights (36 flights)	Location Leckhampton Hill, Leckhampton, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Xi Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot launched in turbulent conditions and lost control of the wing in sinking air whilst attempting to top land.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.04.2021	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 5 years 65 hours (65 hours) 60 flights (60 flights)	Location Firle, East Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Pi3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Mid air collision between model aircraft and paraglider. The paraglider pilot was uninjured and performed a safe top landing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.04.2021	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 57 hours (40 hours) 300 flights (150 flights)	Location Firle, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Swift 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot launched in a lull in-between gust fronts and used the speed system to avoid being blown back. On touchdown the pilot lost control of the wing and was dragged and flipped over, landing on their head.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 04.04.2021	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 6 years 60 hours (5 hours) 72 flights (7 flights)	Location Ringsted, Weymouth, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot made a large control input on landing and induced a spin.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Unhurt
Date 04.04.2021	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P Flying Experience: 18 years	Location Dunstable Downs, Dunstable, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Alpina 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The paraglider experienced an asymmetric collapse on landing approach and the pilot lost control of the wing, colliding with a line of trees.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
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

Last updated: 20 May 2025

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