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 2455 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 04.12.2019	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: P Flying Experience: 7 years 67 hours (35 hours) 218 flights (101 flights)	Location Beachy Head, EASTBOURNE, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota Launch Type: Foot	Summary During ground handling in preparation for 1st flight of the day. Pilot was wearing new ski gloves due to cold conditions. A plastic hook attached by the manufacturer to the side of one glove got hooked onto one of the lines. Pilot was able with difficulty to unhook the line and control the wing. These hooks should be removed prior to use in paragliding!	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 10.11.2019	Pilot Male Age: 70 Rating: P Flying Experience: 15 years 170 hours (20 hours) 300 flights (50 flights)	Location North Luffenham, Rutland, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Triple Seven Knight Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Pilot launched with tangled brake. Pilot focussed on untangling brake instead of flying glider and releasing from towline. Pilot turned downwind still attached to towline. Tow operator disengaged clutch then weak-link operated. Pilot landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 29.10.2019	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 72 hours	Location Babadag, Oludeniz, Turkey Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered a cravat while on SIV course , which caused an auto-rotation spiral dive. Pilot was unable to deploy parachute in time to prevent hard entry to water.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 21.10.2019	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 18 years 150 hours (2 hours) (4 flights)	Location Babadag, Oludeniz, Turkey Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot successfully deployed emergency parachute during SIV manoeuvre that ended with a cravat. Pilot landed unhurt but went to hospital with blood pressure issues.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 14.10.2019	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: P Flying Experience: 28 years 400 hours (45 hours) (90 flights)	Location Black Mount, Biggar, Lanarkshire, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary While kiting his glider back up the hill the pilot noticed that the plastic maillon insert had fallen out and had allowed the maillon gate to fully open up.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 07.10.2019	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 6 years 5 hours (5 hours) 20 flights (20 flights)	Location Thurnham, Thurnham, Kent, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was lifted off his feet by a gust but was able to face forwards and control glider. Pilot landed going backwards and was then dragged before deflating the glider.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 02.10.2019	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 21 years 655 hours (13 hours) 1461 flights (35 flights)	Location Westbury White Horse, Westbury, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient BiGolden3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary While initiating a reverse launch on his tandem paraglider the pilot noticed that the Edelrid "Foras" carabiners had become locked together during the turn stage. Pilot was able to abort the launch without incident.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Unhurt
Date 18.09.2019	Pilot Male Age: 72 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years 65 hours	Location Whitewool, Hampshire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Phantom Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was low on the ridge and encountered sinking air. Glider then suffered an asymmetric collapse but pilot did not have time or height to react before impacting the hillside.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 15.09.2019	Pilot Female Age: 50 Rating: Unqualified	Location Muggery, Newhaven, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student landed crosswind and failed to flare.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 15.09.2019	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 21 years (40 hours)	Location Fochriw, Merthyr Tydfil, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 8 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged approach and struck a fence on attempting to land.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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