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 2455 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 20.05.2020	Pilot Male Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years	Location Mere, 16 - 18 mph thermic, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: 777 Pawn Launch Type: Foot	Summary A paraglider pilot lost control of his wing and was dragged whilst attempting to launch. He collided with a bystander (a dual passenger), causing bruising to the bystander. The pilot was uninjured.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 16.05.2020	Pilot Male Age: 28 Rating: CP Hill Flying Experience: 10 years 17 hours (1 hour) 30 flights (1 flight)	Location Wetton Hill, Staffs, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone RUSH 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot ground handling on a hillside in thermic conditions was inadvertently lifted to approx 300ft agl. He used the speed bar to aid his descent and suffered a full frontal collapse which re-inflated just before impact.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Lumbar Spine
Date 16.05.2020	Pilot Male Age: 60 Flying Experience: 34 years	Location Swyre Hill, Dorchester, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Cure 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was soaring on a new wing and was seen to be flying the wing slowly. Just above the top of the hill he made a turn and the glider started to spin. The pilot reacted by applying the control on the opposite side. The wing was seen to enter a deep stall and the pilot descended vertically to impact the hill.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 15.05.2020	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P Flying Experience: 20 years 500 hours 1000 flights	Location Combe gibbet, Inkpen, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had mid-air collision with another paraglider while thermalling close to the ridge on a crowded day. Both pilots were unhurt.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.05.2020	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P	Location Selsley Common, Stroud, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Arak Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot experienced a collapse in thermic air above takeoff. The pilot applied the controls in an attempt to damp the dive and control his pendulum under the wing. The wing was seen to descend vertically in a stalled state and the pilot impacted the hill.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 15.05.2020	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 76 hours (6 hours) 153 flights (3 flights)	Location Combe Gibbet, Hungerford, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Punk Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was using his paraglider to kite back up the hill, downwind of a line of trees, in thermic conditions. He was inadvertently lifted off the ground in a gust and before he could gain control was turned into the hill where he suffered injury.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 17.03.2020	Pilot Male Age: 65 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 6 years 13 hours (13 hours) 35 flights (35 flights)	Location Dunes, Nid d’Aigle, Morocco Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Ion 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot intentionally stalled wing over sand from 2m to find stall point. On impact the emergency parachute deployed. Pilot noted that this had happened before from the Advance Progress 3 harness.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 16.03.2020	Pilot Male Age: 31 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 24 hours (16 hours) 150 flights (4 flights)	Location Great Orme, Llandudno, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was inadvertently lifted off his feet when reverse launching. He was dragged and struck the slope several times before the glider came to rest.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 13.03.2020	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P Flying Experience: 9 years 150 hours (25 hours) 150 flights (25 flights)	Location Marros, Amroth, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was on final approach in deteriorating conditions and an approaching rain shower. He was lifted in turbulent air and carried downwind towards a power line. He stalled the paraglider at 3m agl in an attempt to touch down before reaching the power line, and landed unhurt.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 06.03.2020	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P Flying Experience: 19 years 1000 hours (4 hours) 400 flights (1 flight)	Location Frocester/nympsfield, Frocester, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bonanza 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged approach to top landing and decided to collide with a small tree rather than making an extreme turn.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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