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 2493 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 25.08.2018	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 19 years	Location Bell Hill, Sturminster Newton, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Unknown	Summary Pilot stalled glider attempting to slope land in strong and buoyant conditions.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 25.08.2018	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 17 years 35 hours (4 hours) 500 flights (12 flights)	Location Mil Airfield 29 Regt RLC, South Cerney, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sol Start Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Pilot was preparing to launch. Just prior to connecting to the tow line, a gust of wind picked up the glider. The pilot turned to control the glider, but his foot got caught in the ground resulting in the fracture of the leg.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 16.08.2018	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: P Flying Experience: 15 years 850 hours (60 hours)	Location Selsley, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Artik 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was caught out by sea breeze and elected to collapse his wing at 3m. Pilot controlled his descent but landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 11.08.2018	Pilot Female Age: 19 7 flights	Location Bewaldeth, Cumbria, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student lost control of glider during launch phase and while still on the ground. Student was dragged sideways.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.08.2018	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 35 years 2800 hours (90 hours) 2000 flights (61 flights)	Location Tow Scar, Ingleton, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Takoo 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Assistant stumbled forward onto his knee as tandem glider inflated.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Unhurt
Date 11.08.2018	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 17 years 1500 hours (100 hours) 400 flights (40 flights)	Location Parlick, Chipping, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Takoo 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot and passenger landed safely near to the top of the hill due to light winds. Not long after landing strong gust came through, wing tried to inflate but dragged both pilot and passenger along the top into a stone wall. Pilot tried but was unable to control wing.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder Passenger: Seriously Injured
Date 09.08.2018	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: P Flying Experience: 25 years 2000 hours (60 hours) 2000 flights (45 flights)	Location Bradwell, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Strong Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Triton 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was crossing a narrow valley and got into strong sink. Unable to turn due to trees, power lines and road, impacted on slope.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Lumbar Spine
Date 05.08.2018	Pilot Male Age: 39	Location High and Over school field, Alfriston, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student appeared to land well, into wind and with a good flare. However, he aggravated an old ankle injury.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 02.08.2018	Pilot Male Age: 50	Location Swyre Hill, Dorset, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Day 2 student landed heavily on low hop flight due to erratic control inputs and insufficient flare.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 01.08.2018	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 13 years 200 hours (20 hours) 200 flights (15 flights)	Location Ringstead, Weymouth, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Hook 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost balance and fell while turning to face glider.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder

Last updated: 15 May 2025

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