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 2497 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 13.08.2019	Pilot Male Age: 25 Rating: P Flying Experience: 8 years 175 hours (50 hours) 200 flights (30 flights)	Location Westbury White Horse, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Very Strong, Moderate Turbulence, Flight In Clouds, Fog	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: 777 Queen 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot thermalled up in 'blue hole' thermal above the height of cloud base. Cloud then formed around pilot who tried to escape by flying downwind. The cloud became turbulent and the pilot attempted to spiral out of the cloud but without success. Pilot deployed parachute but maintained height within the cloud until eventually sinking out and landing in a tree. Pilot was rescued from the tree safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 08.08.2019	Pilot Male Age: 27 Rating: P Flying Experience: 9 years 650 hours (69 hours) 3269 flights (420 flights)	Location Ballard, Swanage, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Cure Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was attempting acro manoeuvres while coastal soaring and fell into left side riser, splitting the B's and C's. Pilot deployed parachute and landed in shoreline unhurt.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 08.08.2019	Pilot Female Rating: AP Flying Experience: 18 years (70 hours)	Location Golden Ball, Pewsey, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Alpina 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot encountered another pilot who was flying aggressively, erratically and close to other pilots.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 04.08.2019	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: P Flying Experience: 29 years 2000 hours	Location Eype, Bridport, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance BiBeta 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was approaching to land at coastal site when increased wind meant limited space to veer from chosen landing approach. As the pilot flared to land the bottom of the passenger harness struck the head of a person standing in the field.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Unhurt
Date 04.08.2019	Pilot Male Age: 51 Flying Experience: 8 years 125 hours (33 hours) 400 flights (80 flights)	Location Newhaven Cliffs, Newhaven, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 1 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had an almost 'head-on' mid-air collision with another paraglider pilot while flying close to the ridge with the ridge on his right.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 03.08.2019	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years 15 hours (4 hours) 50 flights (10 flights)	Location Beachy head, Eastbourne, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot turned into hill on approach, minor stall and spin with incorrect actions resulted in landing in hawthorn tree.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 03.08.2019	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: P Flying Experience: 8 years 87 hours (24 hours) 203 flights (49 flights)	Location High and Over, Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 8 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was hill soaring when sea breeze began to come in. Pilot decided to land but suffered a large collapse at 50ft. Glider entered a cascade and pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 02.08.2019	Pilot Male Age: 57 Flying Experience: 12 years 140 hours (30 hours) (100 flights)	Location Newhaven cliffs, Newhaven, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot's first flight on a high B glider and full stalled due to flying too slow before attempting to turn. Pilot fell back onto cliffs before wing reinflated and pilot flew forward and landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 02.08.2019	Pilot Male Age: 70	Location Swyre Hill, Dorchester, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student fell forward on first hop having allowed glider to overfly him. Student tripped and banged head.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Head Injuries
Date 01.08.2019	Pilot Male Rating: P	Location Coombe Gibbet, Hungerford, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was walking back up the slope and decided to kite the glider up the last 80ft. Pilot was lifted off by a gust and had not put his helmet back on. Pilot was able to land safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 15 June 2025

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