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 26.05.2019	Pilot Male Age: 54 Flying Experience: 6 years 40 flights (40 flights)	Location Swyre Hill, Dorchester, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Adam Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student was attempting speedbar exercise. Having trouble locating the bar with his foot, the student reached down but with the brake still in his hand. This turned the student back into the slope impacting foot first.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 21.05.2019	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: P Flying Experience: 14 years 600 hours (40 hours) 1000 flights (30 flights)	Location Combe Gibbet, Hungerford, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 10 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had wing above head prior to launch. Wind gust forced pilot off-balance causing him to impact a fence.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 20.05.2019	Pilot Female Age: 58 Flying Experience: 9 years 3 hours (1 hour) 30 flights (3 flights)	Location Grahla Bay, San Martinho Do Porto, Portugal Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: U-Turn Infinity 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student inflated glider in the smooth sea breeze in a straight and balanced reverse position. She was instructed to turn and go, but she stumbled and tripped over sideways. Putting her hand down to brake her fall, the glider turned towards the hillside pulling her over a bush and coming to rest on her back on a rock.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 16.05.2019	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 70 hours (30 hours) 120 flights (40 flights)	Location Whitewool, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 8 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged the strength of the venturi on the ridge. Pull up and control was OK but immediately lifted off and started to get blown back. Pilot landed safely initially but lost control of the wing in another strong gust and got blown back into hedges.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 15.05.2019	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: P Flying Experience: 15 years 196 hours (7 hours) 481 flights (14 flights)	Location Whernside, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was caught out by a sudden very strong gust whilst set up to launch, but had parked brakes to sort out twist in lines at carabiners. Pilot was dragged at speed into and over drystone wall, helmet taking full impact.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Cervical Spine
Date 15.05.2019	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 20 hours (10 hours) 30 flights (15 flights)	Location Cairn o'mount, Aberdeenshire, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Geronimo Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot initiated 360 degree turns to lose height on landing. On second turn the glider suffered an asymmetric collapse at approx 30m above the ground. The pilot did not react quickly enough and the glider collapsed fully. The wing partially recovered but the pilot landed heavily from approx 10m.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 13.05.2019	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: P Flying Experience: 19 years 500 hours (23 hours) 2100 flights (45 flights)	Location Mam Tor Derbyshire, Castleton, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Mac Para Elan Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot performed a low 360 into rotor behind hilltop, heavy landing, right hand hitting ground with force.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 12.05.2019	Pilot Male Age: 55 Flying Experience: 6 years 3 hours (3 hours) 32 flights (32 flights)	Location Heol Senni, Sennybridge area, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student was flying close to the hill and despite being instructed to turn away, collided with the hill and was unable to run off the speed. Student stated he was in two minds whether to attempt a top landing.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 12.05.2019	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: P Flying Experience: 12 years 200 hours (25 hours) 400 flights (35 flights)	Location Blorenge, Abergavenny, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Arak Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted to top land in apparent light winds. Pilot was unable to run off landing speed despite a full flare. Pilot fell over on landing.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 06.05.2019	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: P Flying Experience: 9 years 120 hours (40 hours) 200 flights (80 flights)	Location Lulworth Cove, Lulworth, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Very Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Whilst soaring on the coast pilot flew into rotor having not noticed a change in the wind direction. The glider suffered an asymmetric collapse and the pilot landed heavily, colliding with a wire fence.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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