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.

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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 15.04.2018	Pilot Male Age: 67 Flying Experience: 7 years 14 flights (14 flights)	Location El Bosque, Cadiz, Spain Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Ion 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student forward launched, but did not keep running forwards in launch stage. As a result the glider overtook him, the student then tried to correct the situation by running under the glider. It then suffered an asymmetric collapse as he ran under the wing and was lifted approx 2 feet off the ground and landed on his side.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 14.04.2018	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: P Flying Experience: 22 years 1000 hours (22 hours) (47 flights)	Location Bleasee Fell, Keswick, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Strong, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 10 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had a collapse on right wing while thermalling left. In attempting to rectify the collapse the pilot spun the glider. There was insufficient height for the glider to fully recover before the pilot impacted the slope.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 14.04.2018	Pilot Male Age: 56 Flying Experience: (1 hour) 30 flights (30 flights)	Location High and over, Alfriston, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student got airboure unintentionally, turned into wind, and landed on the side of the hill putting his arm out.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 14.04.2018	Pilot Female Age: 62 Flying Experience: 8 years 2 hours (2 hours) 37 flights (37 flights)	Location Mount Caburn, Glynde, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student pilot was on approach to spot landing target in a large landing field with radio guidance on approach from CFI on launch and TI in the landing field. Student was instructed to get feet down early to overcome difficulty getting out of harness. Student was approaching with too much brake and stalled glider.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Thoracic Spine
Date 14.04.2018	Pilot Female Age: 46 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 10 hours (1 hour) 25 flights (1 flight)	Location Whitestones, Howgills, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot launched glider but failed to properly gain control. Pilot was lifted with twisted risers then dropped.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 13.04.2018	Pilot Male Rating: P Flying Experience: 36 years 1200 hours 500 flights	Location Bridge of don sand dunes, Aberdeen, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Peak 2	Summary On downwind leg while dune soaring wind lessened. Pilot turned into wind to land not quite into wind tripped on landing extended left arm in sand breaking wrist.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 13.04.2018	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: P Flying Experience: 18 years 600 hours (30 hours) 400 flights (14 flights)	Location North Luffenham, Oakham, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 5 Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Hill pilot on tow conversion. When line slackened for pilot to correct drift, drogue parachute started twisting/spinning. When releasing from the line, the tow bridal had twisted around the ring preventing the line from being released. Pilot successfully "S"-ed off height and landed without incident. Knott in drogue line found to be cause.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.04.2018	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 50 hours (5 hours)	Location Babadag, Oludeniz, Turkey Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Triple Seven Knight Launch Type: Foot	Summary With all settings as per manual, glider response to SIV manoeuvres was well in excess of EN requirements for B rated glider. Symmetric and asymmetric collapses gave recovery characteristics of EN D.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 09.04.2018	Pilot Male Age: 60 Flying Experience: 7 years 3 hours (2 hours) 12 flights (12 flights)	Location Beklemeto STH, Bulgaria Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD EPIC Launch Type: Foot	Summary Glider pitched on landing approach and student failed to flare.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 29.03.2018	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 87 hours (25 hours) 48 flights	Location Horden, North East of England, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sup Air Leaf Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was coastal soaring and on crossing a headland, encountered rotor turbulence forcing him down. Pilot assumed he was high enough to avoid the turbulence.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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