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).

All Wing Types Paraglider Flexwing Hang Glider Rigid Hang Glider Speedrider Speedflyer/Miniwing Powered PG Powered HG Other

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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 22.11.2020	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: P Flying Experience: 8 years 375 hours (25 hours)	Location Pen Dinas, Aberystwyth, UK Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: U-Turn Redout Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot initiated an aerial manoeuvre and their helmet came away from their head and dropped to the ground. The helmet ("Grimnir" made by Sweet Protection) was inspected and found to have an incorrectly assembled magnetic fastener that could be released by shaking it.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 20.11.2020	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 14 years 150 hours (45 hours) 300 flights (55 flights)	Location Creteway, Folkestone, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Dudek Optic 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The paraglider pilot made a misjudged turn towards the hill and made a large control input on the opposite side in order to correct it. The paraglider entered a spin at low level and the pilot crashed into a bush.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 09.11.2020	Pilot Male Age: 71 Rating: P Flying Experience: 23 years 1850 hours (85 hours)	Location Parlick, PRESTON, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was practising ground handling. He was unintentionally lifted off the ground and was dragged over the ground after he landed, sustaining injury.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 16.10.2020	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 33 years 1600 hours (20 hours)	Location Parlick, Preston, UK Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: SKP Slide Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was ground handling to test the conditions on the top of the hill. He was lifted into the air by a strong gust. He managed to perform a PLF to lessen the force of the impact.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 20.09.2020	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 5 years 1 hour (1 hour) 1 flight (1 flight)	Location Belstone, Okehampton, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus RS Lite Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot performed a 360 degree turn close to the ridge and impacted the hillside, sustaining injury.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 19.09.2020	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P Flying Experience: 15 years 298 hours (4 hours) 386 flights (14 flights)	Location Cairn Laith (Creag Meagaidh), Fort William, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Skin 3P Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was dragged over rocks after a failed takeoff attempt, sustaining injury.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 18.09.2020	Pilot Male Age: 31 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 13 years 70 hours (10 hours)	Location Not applicable, Abergavenny, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota	Summary During an emergency parachute repack, a test deployment was attempted unsuccessfully. One of the parachute container pins (plastic sheathed wire) was found to have been pulled through the metal grommet by the retaining loop, making deployment impossible.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 17.09.2020	Pilot Female Rating: CP	Location Treak Cliff, Hope Valley, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Phi Symphonia Launch Type: Foot	Summary On the fourth flight of the day the pilot took off and the toe elastic for entering pod snapped, so pilot could not enter pod correctly.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 17.09.2020	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 15 years 30 hours (5 hours) 80 flights (6 flights)	Location Treak Cliff, Mam Tor, Castleton, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was ridge soaring when he was blown back into lee rotor, and lost control, leading to an impact with the ground.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 13.09.2020	Pilot Male Age: 65 Rating: P Flying Experience: 7 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

Last updated: 15 October 2025

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