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 13.10.2017	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 9 years 225 hours (100 hours) 438 flights (140 flights)	Location Algodonales (Poniente), Algodonales, Spain Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Mac Para Eden 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was caught out by change in wind direction on launch and was dragged into other pilots.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 08.10.2017	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 12 years 35 hours (2 hours) 104 flights (6 flights)	Location Devil's Dyke, Brighton, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Paragliders Anakis 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was coming in to slope land, did final turn into wind and noticed reserve had dropped out of pouch and was trailing on ground. Suspects he caught/knocked handle and accidentally pulled pin.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 08.10.2017	Pilot Male Age: 47 Flying Experience: 8 years 6 flights	Location Ruddlers North, Horton, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Pioneer Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student on phase 4 of EP training failed to flare on landing resulting in heavy impact.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 08.10.2017	Pilot Female Age: 46 Rating: P Flying Experience: 11 years 60 hours (13 hours) 120 flights (43 flights)	Location Rhossili, Rhossili, Swansea, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was involved in mid-air collision while coastal soaring. Both pilots were able to continue flying.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 04.10.2017	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 1 hour (1 hour) 5 flights (5 flights)	Location Baba Dag, Oludeniz, Turkey Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Mojo 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Reverse Launch, asymetric collapse, wing inflated, pilot hesitated, aborted late and tripped.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 02.10.2017	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: P Flying Experience: 21 years 55 hours (1 hour) 100 flights (1 flight)	Location Le Chalvet, St Andre, France Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Atlas Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot overshot intended out-landing point in unexpected lift whilst landing into wind on slight downhill slope. Landed under unseen power lines, glider right-side A1 and A2 lines touched power lines.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 30.09.2017	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 20 hours (10 hours) 27 flights (9 flights)	Location Olu deniz beach, Olu deniz, Turkey Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was caught out by changing wind direction when on approach and collided with pedestrian.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 23.09.2017	Pilot Male Age: 43 Flying Experience: 8 years 18 flights (18 flights)	Location Muggery Bottom, Newhaven, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom	Summary Student was walking backwards to build wall but stepped on uneven ground and sprained ankle.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 23.09.2017	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 2 hours (2 hours) 3 flights (3 flights)	Location Beach head, Eastbourne, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot collided with a pedestrian shortly after take-off.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 23.09.2017	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: P Flying Experience: 18 years	Location Coupe ecair, St helier, France Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Hook 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Under pressure to launch pilot took off without thorough pre-flight check. On launching pilot discovered knot in lines. Compensating with opposite brake resulted in a stall and spin into trees.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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