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 29.07.2019	Pilot Male Age: 72 Rating: P Flying Experience: 34 years	Location Mere Rifle Range, Mere, Wiltshire, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Strong, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BDG Base Launch Type: Foot	Summary Under investigation	Injury Pilot: Fatal, Internal Injuries
Date 29.07.2019	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 36 years 1000 hours (20 hours) 10000 flights	Location Friar Waddon, Dorchester, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Punk Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot entered spiral to lose height but quickly began to "grey out". Pilot was able to ease off the spiral just in time to prevent total loss of vision and land safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 26.07.2019	Pilot Male Age: 47 Flying Experience: 6 years 29 flights	Location West Mersea,, Colchester, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Very Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo3 Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Student under training was being winched launched. Wind had been stable. Overcast with sunny intervals. Gust of wind came through and took the pilot higher into the air. Glider spun and pilot crashed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 23.07.2019	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: CP	Location Beesands, Kingsbridge, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 10 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Under investigation	Injury Pilot: Fatal
Date 23.07.2019	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: P Flying Experience: 26 years 500 hours (55 hours) 1000 flights (50 flights)	Location Planpraz, Chamonix, France Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot experienced extreme turbulence in an area he had flown through earlier with no problems. Pilot lost control and impacted cliff.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 23.07.2019	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: P Flying Experience: 22 years 400 hours (25 hours) (40 flights)	Location Piedrahita, Pieedrahita, Spain Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Strong, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: GIN Carrera+ Launch Type: Foot	Summary Weather changed while pilot was flying. Pilot turned and flew downwind to escape but encountered severe turbulence. Wing collapsed with twisted risers and pilot deployed parachute at 2300m. Pilot hit ground hard on his back.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 19.07.2019	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 14 years 74 hours (6 hours) 147 flights (7 flights)	Location Morzine, Morzine, France Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: U-Turn Blacklight Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot spun glider while trying to avoid power lines having been attempting to thermal close to the hill.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 17.07.2019	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years 160 hours (25 hours) 300 flights (40 flights)	Location South coast, Plienmont, Guernsey Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Chili 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged wind direction and encountered sinking air while coastal soaring. Pilot attempted a safe landing but spun the glider by flying too slowly.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 16.07.2019	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: Unqualified Flying Experience: 6 years 10 flights	Location Muggery Bottom, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: U-Turn Evolution 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student landed slightly cross wind and didn't flare resulting in all his weight going through one leg.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 15.07.2019	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P Flying Experience: 37 years 1300 hours (40 hours) 1000 flights (20 flights)	Location Firle Beacon, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot caught a thermal at ridge height and attempted to turn with it. Pilot was flying too slowly and stalled wing at 25ft landing heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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