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 09.12.2017	Pilot Male Age: 32 Flying Experience: 8 years 9 flights (9 flights)	Location Gribbles Ridge, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Shortly after take off the radio failed and the student panicked and turned downwind towards the hill. Student then lifted his legs to clear a barbed wire fence before landing downwind in the next field. Student was in shock but was unhurt.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 28.11.2017	Pilot Female Age: 55 Rating: P Flying Experience: 18 years 500 hours (60 hours) (60 flights)	Location Selsley Common, Gloucestershire, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot reverse launched glider but was kited sideways into and over a bush. Pilot was thrown heavily to ground landing on her arm.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 27.11.2017	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: Unqualified Flying Experience: 8 years	Location Bornos, Bornos, Spain Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Adam Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student was attempting first forward launch and fell forward landing on his hand.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 19.11.2017	Pilot Female Age: 34 Rating: P Flying Experience: 12 years 165 hours (30 hours) 360 flights	Location N/A, N/A, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 3	Summary After flying, pilot was packing away and noticed parachute pins were fully released and parachute was being held in only by velcro. During pre-flight check the pilot had checked parachute handle but had not lifted flap to check pins.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 19.11.2017	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: Unqualified Flying Experience: 8 years 8 flights (8 flights)	Location Ditchling Beacon, Brighton, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot	Summary On 5th 'maintaining course and airspeed' flight launch student applied excessive right hand brake, initiating a turn to the right without leaving the ground. He fell over, put out his right hand and on striking an anthill, breaking his wrist.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 15.11.2017	Pilot Male Age: 64 Flying Experience: 8 years (16 hours) 16 flights (16 flights)	Location Swyre, Dorset, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Bruce Goldsmith Design Adam Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student stalled glider while on approach and landed on his back.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 11.11.2017	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: P Flying Experience: 29 years 336 hours (2 hours) 685 flights (3 flights)	Location Mam Tor NW face, Edale, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot launched in strong winds and could not penetrate forwards. Pilot landed on top but was then dragged across the ground, hitting the remains of a wall.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 05.11.2017	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: P Flying Experience: 18 years 95 hours (21 hours) 200 flights (33 flights)	Location N/A, Manali, India Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 7 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot hit sinking air while on final approach and at 3m agl. Pilot hit boulder.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 04.11.2017	Pilot Female Age: 29 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years 40 hours (20 hours) 60 flights (30 flights)	Location Gothem landing site, India Manali, India Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Geronimo Launch Type: Foot	Summary On approach to landing field the pilot turned right over a wall to 'S' off height. The wing then hit sink whist passing back over the wall on the final approach and collided with the wall, breaking the seat plate in the harness.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Pelvis
Date 27.10.2017	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: Unqualified 3 flights (3 flights)	Location Hay bluff, Hereford, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student did not complete flare and may have caught foot on uneven ground. Student landed on his feet and ran a few steps.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs

Last updated: 12 September 2025

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