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 12.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 40 Flying Experience: 17 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: 14 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
Date 07.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 66 Rating: P Flying Experience: 19 years 300 hours (15 hours) 500 flights (30 flights)	Location Brecon Beacons, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot accidentally flew into leeside of hill. Glider collapsed and entered spiral dive. Pilot recovered glider but with large cravat. On approaching ground level glider was hit by gust and pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 06.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: P Flying Experience: 37 years 750 hours (30 hours) 1 flight (30 flights)	Location Nont sarahs, Huddersfield, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Artik 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot hit heavy sink while ridge soaring and crashed onto rocky slope.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Head Injuries
Date 05.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 13 years 40 hours 50 flights	Location Windbank, Grassington, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Ion 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took of with a full riser twist but was able to untwist and get into pod. On attempting to turn back into wind the pilot applied excessive control and spun the glider.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 05.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P Flying Experience: 25 years 2000 hours	Location Fairsnape Fell, Lancashire, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Escape S21 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The wind dropped while pilot was ridge soaring downwind. Pilot came down fast on area of stones.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 05.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P Flying Experience: 19 years 130 hours (25 hours)	Location Whitewool, Petersfield, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Uturn Blacklight 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot encountered sink while attempting to slope land and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Lumbar Spine
Date 29.04.2018	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: P Flying Experience: 17 years 200 hours	Location MAPPLETON, HORNSEA, EAST COAST, UK Wind Strength: 35-40 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance OMEGA Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was pulled over as wing rotated while attempting to launch in strong wind.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 29.04.2018	Pilot Male Age: 43 Flying Experience: 16 years 400 hours (60 hours)	Location Dune de Pyla, La Teste, France Wind Strength: 40-45 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Freestyle 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged spiral dive on unfamiliar glider losing more height than anticipated. Pilot impacted sand dune at speed.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Cervical Spine

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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