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 2537 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 30.06.2018	Pilot Male Age: 55 Flying Experience: 7 years 6 flights	Location Loose Bottom, Brighton, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student pilot slowed to minimum sink speed on approach as instructed, but failed to flare until after landing. Later conversation with student revealed only 10% vision in one eye. (i.e. poor binocular vision.)	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 30.06.2018	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: P Flying Experience: 15 years 84 hours (3 hours) 280 flights (6 flights)	Location Whitewool, Hampshire, Clanfield, Hampshire, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Sprint 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot spun glider while attempting to dampen a surge caused by coming out of a turn in thermic conditions. Pilot lost control and crashed through trees.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Lumbar Spine
Date 29.06.2018	Pilot Unknown	Location Workshop, Glynde, UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary During repack the pilot noticed that the rearmost retailing elastic had been drawn inside the grommet of the middle elastic. This made extraction extremely difficult requiring significant force.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 29.06.2018	Pilot Male Rating: Pilot/Coach Flying Experience: 23 years 1430 hours (101 hours)	Location Wrynose., Cumbria, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota2	Summary Pilot caught harness on rock while pushing back to the front of the ridge in weak conditions. Glider collapsed causing pilot to fall on to grassy area below. Pilot was then dragged through boulders as glider reinflated.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 27.06.2018	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 11 years	Location Treak Cliff, Castleton Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Unknown Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot landed in a tree attempting to avoid power lines having been unable to penetrate in strong conditions.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 25.06.2018	Pilot Male Age: 47 Flying Experience: 9 years 5 hours (4 hours) 50 flights (40 flights)	Location Skiddaw, Keswick, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Ion 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student on final approach to land in field, came in too high in nil wind and put in a hard turn just before landing as was worried he was running out of room. Glider swung towards ground as pilot flared hard, pilots arm hit ground fully outstretched during flair resulting in injury to wrist.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 23.06.2018	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 12 years 300 hours (30 hours)	Location Hundred House, Wales, UK Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Tequila 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse while turning into final approach. Pilot landed heavily on one leg.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 23.06.2018	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 1 hour (1 hour)	Location Mount Caburn, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Unknown Unknown Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot crash landed in a deep water ditch sustaining injuries to his legs. Pilot was rescued by other pilots as he was in danger of drowning.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 19.06.2018	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: P Flying Experience: 16 years 195 hours (11 hours) 616 flights (25 flights)	Location Montmin, Annecy, France Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 8 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off and encountered stronger than expected head wind. Pilot was then unable to reach intended landing fields resulting in an unplanned landing. Pilot turned into wind too late and collided with slope.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 18.06.2018	Pilot Male Age: 61 Flying Experience: 30 years 250 hours	Location Forclaz, Annecy, France Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse shortly after launching. The glider turned 180 degrees with no obvious pilot input and crashed into the hillside.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured

Last updated: 12 September 2025

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