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:

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• 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 04.06.2021	Pilot Female Age: 60 Rating: P Flying Experience: 15 years 800 hours (1 hour) (3 flights)	Location Westbury White Horse, Wiltshire, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was blown back on launch and collided with a bench. The pilot considered they did not take sufficient time to assess the wind speed.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 04.06.2021	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: P Flying Experience: 46 years 1500 hours (13 hours) 2000 flights (17 flights)	Location Merthyr, Merthyr Tydfil, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Omega X-Alps 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot reverse launched their wing in light cross-wind conditions and adopted a head-down, arms-straight-behind pose that they had not previously attempted down a steep hill. The paraglider tips were seen to fold back and the pilot somersaulted over the edge of the hill, causing injury.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 01.06.2021	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P Flying Experience: 34 years 300 hours (2 hours) 1000 flights (15 flights)	Location Beer, Beer, South Devon, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Ultralight 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot launched from easterly facing cliffs expecting to ridge soar. They encountered sinking air and landed uninjured in the undergrowth on the slope.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 31.05.2021	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 100 hours (15 hours) 120 flights (20 flights)	Location Corndon, Shropshire, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary During a series of felt and right turn pilot suffered an asymmetric collapse and cravat at 100ft. Pilot landed heavily on a rock	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 30.05.2021	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: P	Location Pandy, Abergavenny, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Camino Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was launching in strong conditions and was lifted off their feet. The pilot was seen to turn partly the wrong way and made a control input that turned them into slope, where they landed on their upper back.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Internal Injuries
Date 30.05.2021	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P	Location Chillerton, Isle of Wight, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Lynx Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot induced a spin during soaring flight and collided with the hill, sustaining injury.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 19.05.2021	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 72 hours (10 hours) (6 flights)	Location Cefn Eglwysilan, Cardiff, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 9 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The paraglider collapsed in a gust during a top landing and the pilot impacted heavily, sustaining injury.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 13.05.2021	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 28 years 100 hours (5 hours) (5 flights)	Location Mappleton, Hornsea, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was flying on a coastal site close to high tide. They performed a beach landing on a limited landing area. The pilot mis-judged the approach, landing in ankle deep seawater. The wing overflew the pilot and landed in the sea. Helpers reported that disconnection of the harness from the wing was hindered by plastic inserts in the speed system Brummell hooks, making recovery of the equipment from the sea more difficult.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 07.05.2021	Pilot Male Age: 76 Rating: P Flying Experience: (3 hours)	Location Bradwell Edge, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mantra 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot approached to top land at the downwind end of the top landing area, close to a known area of rotor. The paraglider was seen to collapse and descend vertically and the pilot impacted the ground.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 07.05.2021	Pilot Female Age: 59 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 25 years	Location Bradwell Edge, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 9 Launch Type: Foot	Summary During a flight made under the support of a Coach, the paraglider's bottom surface was seen to be deformed and the wing was in a continual right turn which the pilot was trying to counter with opposite weightshift. The pilot initiated a right turn towards an emergency landing field and the paraglider was seen to dive. The pilot managed to control the dive and land safely. The Coach believed a knot in the high level (unsheathed) B or C lines went undetected during the pre-flight check.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 13 November 2025

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