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 2452 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 18.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 49 2 flights	Location Beddingham, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot launched successfully but then applied hard right then left controls and pendulumed into the ground.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 18.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: P Flying Experience: 22 years 2000 hours (80 hours) 1000 flights (80 flights)	Location Sopot, Bulgaria Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Mac Para Eden 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary On landing approach, the experienced pilot gave way to a low airtime pilot and hit a tree to avoid mid air collision.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 18.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 10 hours (7 hours) 32 flights (17 flights)	Location Putsborough, Braunton devon, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Bollero 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot slipped during reverse launch ground handling practice, coupled with a sudden gust of wind. Resulted in sudden lift from and immediate repatriation with the ground at speed.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 17.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: EP	Location Planfait,, Annecy, France Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary When Taking off, the student, caught his hand on the reserve handle and brushed the lower bushes of the take off area. The reserve was deployed, which in turn made the main glider drive down. the student remained clam, and landed in the trees in front of the take off.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 16.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 53 Flying Experience: (6 hours) 6 flights (6 flights)	Location Campo coy lump, Caravaca, Spain Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Bolero 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot fell over his own feet after he had landed and fell on his face. His sunglasses dug into his nose which needed a few stitches.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Head Injuries
Date 14.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 67 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 45 years 2000 hours (50 hours) 5000 flights (80 flights)	Location Murton Pike, Appleby, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Flow XCRacer Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot spun glider while attempting to thermal. Pilot suspects lack of sleep and dehydration were significant factors.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 13.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 12 years 240 hours (18 hours) 180 flights (17 flights)	Location Combe Gibbet, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Strong	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot turned low in a thermal close to trees. Pilot then hit sink and was caught in the rotor behind the trees. Glider suffered asymmetric collapses but pilot was able to land but hit a fence post.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 12.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 40 Flying Experience: 16 years 350 hours (12 hours) (12 flights)	Location Talybont, Powys, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Nevada Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged wind direction and attempted to make a slope landing downwind on steep terrain. Pilot tripped on landing.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 12.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 20 hours	Location Babadag, Oludaniz, Turkey Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot forward launched in a gentle breeze from Babadag 1800m take-off. Glider came up slightly asymmetrically. Pilot eventually moved under the wing, but failed to load the glider up with his body weight. Glider experienced a small frontal collapse on the edge of take off. Pilot fell off the front of launch. The glider did not fully recover before the pilot hit the road below.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 08.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: P Flying Experience: 13 years 1000 hours (50 hours) (50 flights)	Location Chinkwell Tor, Devon, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Omega X-Alps 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot both hands off brakes to adjust vario, frontal collapse happened during this time and without enough height to recover.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured

Last updated: 2 December 2024

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