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).

All Wing Types Paraglider Flexwing Hang Glider Rigid Hang Glider Speedrider Speedflyer/Miniwing Powered PG Powered HG Other

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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 17.06.2017	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 1 hour (2 hours) 2 flights (3 flights)	Location Rhossili, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Ibex 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot flew into hill and landed in gorse bush.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 16.06.2017	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: P Flying Experience: 15 years 320 hours (50 hours)	Location Dunstable Downs, Dunstable, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Artik 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary On launching pilot was caught out by a gust. Pilot was blown back into the car park and collided with a parked car.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 16.06.2017	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: P Flying Experience: 14 years 240 hours (37 hours) 244 flights (24 flights)	Location Sandymouth bay, Vicarage Cliffs in Morwenstow, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 9 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was caught out by switching light winds while attempting a coastal ridge run. Pilot was forced to land in small cove having got too low to land anywhere else.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 16.06.2017	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P Flying Experience: 14 years 480 hours (51 hours) 860 flights (36 flights)	Location Dunstable, Dunstable, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot failed to asses fluctuating wind direction while making landing approach and flew through rotor turbulence. Glider suffered asymmetric collapse and pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Internal Injuries
Date 16.06.2017	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P Flying Experience: 13 years 80 hours (20 hours) 200 flights (60 flights)	Location Butser hill west, Petersfield, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Trekking Senso Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was blown back over launch in breezy conditions and suffered a frontal collapse when trying to push forwards. Glider entered spiral and pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 14.06.2017	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: P Flying Experience: 17 years 100 hours (10 hours) (20 flights)	Location Milk Hill White Horse, West of Marlborough, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Carrera Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was ground handling when airborne pilot flew into his wing. Pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 14.06.2017	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 17 years 80 hours 360 flights	Location Mere, Rifle Range, Mere, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Paragliders Fides 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost control of glider while inflating glider in breezy conditions. Pilot was pulled back towards fence but was able to step over. Parachute deployment handle got caught on the fence, pulling it from it's container.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 13.06.2017	Pilot Male Age: 50 Flying Experience: 8 years 12 flights (12 flights)	Location Bedlinog, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student failed to flare properly and landed in a seated position.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 06.06.2017	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: Pilot (Hill) Flying Experience: 18 years 170 hours (11 hours) 425 flights (19 flights)	Location Sopot, Sopot, Bulgaria Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance EPSILON 8 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost control of glider on launch and impacted heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 04.06.2017	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: P	Location Bradwell edge, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Sprint evo Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot spun glider while attempting to bottom land in strong windy and thermic conditions. Pilot saved serious injury as he landed in a tree.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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