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 2537 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 09.06.2020	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: Unqualified Flying Experience: 25 years 10 hours 2 flights (2 flights)	Location Mount Caburn, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student performing "first hop" flights landed hard on two occasions and sustained injury.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 09.06.2020	Pilot Male Age: 68 Rating: P Flying Experience: 29 years 920 hours (20 hours) 2000 flights (30 flights)	Location Bo Peep, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Phi Maestro Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot attempted a 360 degree turn in a thermal and misjudged his height and proximity to the hill, leading to an impact with the hillside.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Cervical Spine
Date 08.06.2020	Pilot Male Age: 31 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 2 hours (1 hour) 19 flights (2 flights)	Location Butser North, Petersfield, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Vivo Air Design Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot flew out of the lift band, found himself losing height and elected to perform a slope landing. He landed heavily and fell over, sustaining injury.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 08.06.2020	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 20 years 60 hours	Location Herne Bay, Canterbury, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Hook 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot attempted a slope landing in wind that had changed after takeoff to be across the slope. The pilot landed hard on rough terrain.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 07.06.2020	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 35 years	Location Westbury, Wiltshire, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Omega Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot launched with his helmet chinstrap unfastened. The helmet fell off but was prevented from falling by a power cable to a helmet mounted camera.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 02.06.2020	Pilot Male Age: 67 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 38 years 1400 hours (5 hours) 3000 flights (21 flights)	Location Pendle Hill, Lancashire, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Very Strong, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 10 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot experienced a large asymmetric collapse in thermic conditions and lost control of his wing, leading to an impact with the ground.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Cervical Spine
Date 02.06.2020	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 30 hours (6 hours) 76 flights (13 flights)	Location Bratton Camp, Westbury, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Triple Seven Knight Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot misjudged his landing approach. In an attempt to avoid overshooting he reduced his airspeed and undertook low S turns, leading to a heavy landing.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 02.06.2020	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years 250 hours (10 hours) 200 flights (7 flights)	Location Leckhampton, Cheltenham, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was seen to attempt a top landing in gusty thermic conditions. The wing was seen to suffer asymmetric collapses at low level that led to the pilot impacting the hill.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 01.06.2020	Pilot Male	Location Blaenavon, Blaenavon, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Unknown Unknown Launch Type: Foot	Summary A launch assistant inadvertently deployed the emergency parachute during a tandem launch. The launch was aborted with the aid of a bystander who helped to secure the wing and emergency parachute.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Unhurt
Date 28.05.2020	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P Flying Experience: 9 years 150 hours (14 hours) 177 flights (15 flights)	Location Ground handling Field, Ammanford, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Unknown Unknown Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was ground handling his paraglider when some lines became snagged and damaged, having been caught around the ski goggle clip on the rear of his Sup Air "Pilot" helmet. Upon inspection he found that the screw casing for the clip (set into the moulded helmet shell) was protruding beyond the shell of the helmet. This caused the snag and damage to the lines.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 12 September 2025

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