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 21.05.2017	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 27 years 500 hours (15 hours) 500 flights (10 flights)	Location Mount Caburn, Lewes, East Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Sprint 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted to gain height to fly round to the front of the hill knowing the wind had gone off to the east. Pilot lost height and flew back to the ridge but encountered leeside turbulence. Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse which he recovered but then suffered full collapse and struck hillside.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 21.05.2017	Pilot Male Age: 65 Rating: P Flying Experience: 22 years 450 hours (20 hours) 1200 flights (50 flights)	Location Milk Hill White Horse, Devizes, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Chili 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Knot attaching the control handle to the brake line became detached during inflation. Pilot fell while trying to control wing as it was blown across the slope. Glider had recently been serviced and the control lines adjusted.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 19.05.2017	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: P Flying Experience: 10 years 50 hours (30 hours) 180 flights (50 flights)	Location Parlick (South face), Chipping, lancashire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Bolero 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot walked down hill in windy conditions in order to launch in lighter winds. On flying towards the slope the pilot experienced severe sink and collided with the hill. The pilot was then lifted and dragged at an angle up the slope. Pilot landed heavily but was able to eventually control glider.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 16.05.2017	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: P Flying Experience: 15 years 205 hours (29 hours) 770 flights (135 flights)	Location Babadag, Oludeniz, Turkey Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot deployed emergency parachute while on SIV course having suffered a cravat during asymmetric collapse exercise. Pilot entered spiral descent and was unable to recover.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 14.05.2017	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: P Flying Experience: 13 years 185 hours (16 hours) (20 flights)	Location Thurnham, UK Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Cure Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had cravat before take-off but decided to deal with it once the wing was inflated. However, strong winds lifted pilot immediately forcing pilot to stall in order to land. Pilot landed heavily but was unhurt.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 10.05.2017	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: P Flying Experience: 17 years 400 hours	Location Uffington White Horse, Oxon, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot	Summary While in flight the pilot noticed the speed system brummell had become detached. Pilot recovered the line and reattached but accidentally fed the line through his emergency parachute handle, thus preventing the proper deployment of the chute.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 10.05.2017	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: Trainee Flying Experience: 8 years 14 flights	Location Moel Fei, Black Mountain, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary After flaring pilot seemed to stumble forward and caught foot on lumpy ground.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 10.05.2017	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 30 hours (19 hours) 300 flights (200 flights)	Location Blorenge, Abergavenny, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Pioneer Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot turned tightly in thermal and lost control of the glider. Pilot was unable to regain control and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 10.05.2017	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 13 years 235 hours (32 hours) 578 flights (66 flights)	Location Blorenge, Abergavenny, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged approach and was forced to turn at low level to avoid hitting cars and trees. Pilot landed heavily downwind.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 10.05.2017	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: P Flying Experience: 18 years 400 hours (20 hours) 200 flights	Location Wether fell, Wensleydale, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Strong, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Phantom Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered an asymmetric collapse in strong conditions at low level having just taken off. Pilot hit the ground before the glider could recover.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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