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 2497 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
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
Date 19.09.2017	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 45 hours	Location Bradwell, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Prion 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was gliding back to the Hill and had a near miss with another Pilot who was thermalling.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 19.09.2017	Pilot Male	Location Bedlinog SW, Bedlinog, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student was on launch phase of flight. He started to run forward, the wing rose above his head at which point he applied too much brake causing the wing to pitch behind. He then released the brake causing the wing to pitch forward a collapse symmetrically. Student twisted ankle while running.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 18.09.2017	Pilot Male Age: 56 Flying Experience: 8 years 2 hours (2 hours) 14 flights (14 flights)	Location Bradwell Edge, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Ion 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student was carrying out top to bottom flight but got out of position for landing field. Was set up for landing cross wind in alternative field. Student turned at the very last moment into wind to fly over wall into next field but landed on top of wall.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 17.09.2017	Pilot Male Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years	Location Mundersley, Cromer, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence, Rain, Snow	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Unknown	Summary Pilot got into difficulties while coastal soaring in strong conditions. Pilot was blown back into town and collided with buildings.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 17.09.2017	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: P Flying Experience: 33 years 500 hours (1 hour) 800 flights (1 flight)	Location Heol Senni, Brecon, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Aerodyne Shaolin Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged glide angle on approach to landing and clipped rear of vehicle.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 15.09.2017	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: Unqualified Flying Experience: 8 years 2 hours (2 hours)	Location Selsley, Stroud, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Skin 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Unqualified pilot went to do some ground handling but attempted to do some short flights. Pilot landed awkwardly and fractured leg.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 11.09.2017	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years 25 hours	Location Forclaz, Annecy, France Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Bolero 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was caught out by unexpected sink and was unable to reach the designated landing field. Pilot identified landing options but encountered further sink and landed short colliding with a building.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 08.09.2017	Pilot Male Age: 28 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 28 hours (8 hours) 50 flights (20 flights)	Location Montmin, Annecy, France Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Bolero 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary While practising full stall the pilot released brake pressure with the glider behind him causing the glider to dive in front. The pilot fell into the glider catching his boot eyelets in the lines. Pilot deployed emergency parachute and landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs

Last updated: 14 June 2025

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