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 2452 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 13.09.2020	Pilot Male Age: 65 Rating: P Flying Experience: 6 years 170 hours	Location Ringstead bay, Weymouth, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Littlecloud Urubu Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot encountered rotor near the cliff, causing a collapse. The pilot impacted into bushes at the base of the cliff.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 13.09.2020	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 5 years 35 hours (20 hours) 75 flights (40 flights)	Location Mount Caburn, Glynde, East Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was performing turns ("small wingovers") at low level and caught the emergency parachute deployment handle on the ground, initiating an unintentional deployment as the pilot flew away from the hill.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 08.09.2020	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: P Flying Experience: 34 years 200 hours (32 hours) 400 flights (72 flights)	Location Whitesheet (Wessex), Berwick St John, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was ridge soaring his paraglider and experienced rapid sinking air in thermic conditions causing a fast descent to the ground and a crash landing in a field behind take-off.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Pelvis
Date 31.08.2020	Pilot Male Age: 73 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 49 years 950 hours (9 hours) 2000 flights (30 flights)	Location Snaefel, Isle Of Man Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Nyos RS Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot lost his footing on uneven ground in windy conditions. He sustained injury when he was dragged, before regaining control of the paraglider.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 17.08.2020	Pilot Male Age: 71 Rating: P Flying Experience: 20 years 450 hours (18 hours) 800 flights (15 flights)	Location Eype, Near Bridport, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus RS Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was attempting to top land and experienced a large asymmetric collapse during a rapid change in wind direction. The pilot was unable to regain full control and crashed near the front of the cliff.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 12.08.2020	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 20 years 1600 hours (30 hours) 1600 flights (30 flights)	Location Mam Tor, Castleton, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: UP Trango X-Race Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot took avoiding action to prevent an aerial collision with another paraglider.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.08.2020	Pilot Male Rating: Unqualified	Location No site, Scotland, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: U Turn Secure 3 - EP front container	Summary The pilot was unable to make a test deployment without applying significant force to the handle. The pilots considered that the hook and loop used to secure the deployment handle covered a large area, making the handle difficult to tear off.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 08.08.2020	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P	Location Mercury, East Meon, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mantra 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot's wing was initially seen on the edge of a stall with the pilot making control inputs. The pilot impacted the ground and was evacuated to hospital.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 07.08.2020	Pilot Male Age: 72 Rating: P Flying Experience: 48 years (10 hours) (6 flights)	Location Parlick, Preston, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Peak 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 03.08.2020	Pilot Age: 37 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 hours	Location Baba Dag, Olu Deniz, Turkey	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 5	Summary The wind direction changed during acceleration phase of the pilot's launch. The pilot was unable to stop the take-off run and collided with a low wall below the launch area.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured

Last updated: 2 December 2024

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