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 06.05.2019	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 12 years 200 hours (30 hours) 150 flights (50 flights)	Location Coast Run, Mupe Bay, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Omega 8 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was on a Coastal Soaring Run and did not realise the wind had switched. The pilot was low at the time and landed downwind on rocks.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 06.05.2019	Pilot Male Rating: P Flying Experience: 38 years 3000 hours (50 hours)	Location Coombe Gibbet, Mr Newbury, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot allowed himself to get distracted and connected risers wrong way round. On launch pilot found he was facing backwards. Pilot maintained control and bottom landed on his feet walking backwards.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 29.04.2019	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years	Location Babadag, Oludeniz, Turkey Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot called 'Takeoff' and proceeded to reverse launch. Pilot got the glider under control and proceeded to take off. The glider was flying with the pilot about 1.5m off the ground when a Tandem pilot with passenger reversed launched his wing into the path of the flying pilot. The wings entangled and the flying pilot crashed onto the takeoff suffering minor scrapes.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 23.04.2019	Pilot Male Age: 69 Rating: P Flying Experience: 49 years 1000 hours (7 hours) 1500 flights (9 flights)	Location Primrose Valley, Filey, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot landed in front of where intended on top of the cliff. Pilot tripped and fell forward and hit head hard on the wooden fence that surrounded the cliffs.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Head Injuries
Date 22.04.2019	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: P Flying Experience: 16 years 500 hours (40 hours)	Location Col de la Forclaz, Annecy, France	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 10	Summary While hanging in a static simulator practising reserve throws, pilot had extreme difficulty extracting parachute from the harness.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 20.04.2019	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: P Flying Experience: 10 years 165 hours (17 hours) 220 flights (21 flights)	Location Mam Tor, Hope Valley, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Xi Launch Type: Foot	Summary On attempting to launch the pilot was caught out by a strong thermal. The pilot lost control of the glider and was dragged back towards bystanders. One go the glider suspension lines caught a child round his neck. The child was not seriously injured.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 20.04.2019	Pilot Male Age: 35 Flying Experience: 6 years	Location Broughton Heights near Broughton Village Scottish Borders, Broughton, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Bright	Summary Fatal incident under investigation	Injury Pilot: Fatal
Date 20.04.2019	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 11 hours (6 hours) 30 flights (15 flights)	Location Piedra Bonita, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off for top to bottom flight but did not notice knot in B/C lines. Pilot tried to remove the knot by pulling on the lines but the glider entered a spiral dive at approx 20-30m above the trees. Glider caught trees and pilot landed heavily but unhurt.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 19.04.2019	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 36 years 4000 hours (80 hours)	Location Chillerton, Isle of Wight, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Zeno Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot slope landed but wind shifted pulling the pilot down the slope. Pilot put foot in rabbit hole and fell over.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 12.04.2019	Pilot Female Age: 55 Rating: P Flying Experience: 16 years 101 hours (10 hours) 177 flights (15 flights)	Location Primrose Valley,, Filey, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Paragliders Anakis 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted a top landing at a coastal site but was caught out by rotor turbulence. Glider suffered a frontal collapse and the pilot landed heavily sustaining serious injuries.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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