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 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
Date 28.03.2018	Pilot Male Age: 65 Flying Experience: 7 years 3 flights (3 flights)	Location Rabou, Gap, France Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Paragliders Atis 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student did not flare on low hop and landed faster than expected.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 26.03.2018	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: P Flying Experience: 30 years 1500 hours (80 hours) 2000 flights (50 flights)	Location Whitesheet, Shaftesbury, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Triple Seven Queen 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Soon after takeoff glider suffered a full frontal collapse followed by an asymmetric collapse. Glider dived to recover but too low. Pilot struck slope on his back.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 25.03.2018	Pilot Male Age: 27 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years	Location Monksdown, Shaftesbury, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Cure Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot deliberately stalled glider but was unable to control the recovery. The glider diver 135 degrees and pilot fell past. Pilot deployed parachute and landed moments after it had inflated.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 21.03.2018	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: P Flying Experience: 15 years 300 hours (15 hours) 500 flights (20 flights)	Location Devil's Dyke, Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Carrera+ Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot made course correction when pilot in front turned sharper than he expected while ridge soaring in busy conditions. This corrected path resulted in a midair collision with another paraglider who was passing below. Both pilots landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 21.03.2018	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: P Flying Experience: 15 years 230 hours (12 hours) 882 flights (46 flights)	Location Dunstable, Dunstable, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot flew into an area with limited options hoping to find lift. Found none and landed in bush.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 20.03.2018	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: P Flying Experience: 11 years 411 hours (61 hours) 466 flights (45 flights)	Location Llangollen, Llangollen, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Mac Para Icon Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot experienced turbulence when returning to the ridge to top land. Glider suffered frontal collapse, which recovered but had turned the pilot towards the hill with little height. Glider then suffered another full collapse and the pilot crashed into pine forrest. Pilot was rescued by Mountain Rescue.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 16.03.2018	Pilot Male Age: 65 Rating: P Flying Experience: 22 years 500 hours (60 hours) 1500 flights (180 flights)	Location Warren, Folkestone, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Chili 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot encountered turbulence while making an approach to top land on clifftop site.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 13.03.2018	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 18 years 600 hours (6 hours) 700 flights (6 flights)	Location Bradwell, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 10 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot spun glider while thermalling. Glider stayed in deep stall possibly due to incorrect pilot input.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 13.03.2018	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 10 hours (10 hours) 10 flights (8 flights)	Location Freathy, Cornwall, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot crash landed on rocks having got low while coastal soaring. Pilot hoped to find lift where he had found it previously on the flight but did not.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 12 September 2025

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