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:

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• Paraglider
• Flexwing Hang Glider
• Rigid Hang Glider
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• 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 2452 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 10.02.2024	Pilot Male Age: 71 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 32 years 1800 hours (25 hours) (15 flights)	Location Barton on Sea, Hampshire, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mantra 7 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was soaring the sea front in light conditions at high tide. As the lift was diminishing they prepared for a bottom landing. They landed on a narrow strip of land available just above the beach to avoid the risk of the wing entering the sea. After landing, the pilot received assistance from the Coastguard to reach the cliff top.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 01.02.2024	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: P Flying Experience: 17 years 900 hours (42 hours) 1000 flights (12 flights)	Location Los Tanques, Roldanillo, Colombia Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Very Strong, Strong Turbulence, Thundery	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Explorer 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary During a competition flight the pilot encountered severe turbulence leading to an asymmetric collapse and subsequent spin. The pilot deployed their emergency parachute and landed in trees.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 01.02.2024	Pilot Male Age: 64 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 17 years 1000 hours (50 hours) (15 flights)	Location Roldanillo, Roldanillo, Colombia Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Very Strong, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Photon Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot sustained minor injuries when deploying their emergency parachute as the bridle went under their arm. Upon landing they slid down a slope, sustaining further minor injuries.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 31.01.2024	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: P Flying Experience: 17 years 2000 hours (100 hours) 300 flights (30 flights)	Location Aquapanela, Roldanillo, Colombia Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Boomerang 12 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The speed system on one side of the paraglider had jammed, leading to a loss of control, accelerated spiral and riser twist. The pilot deployed their "Rogallo" type emergency parachute and experienced limited steering control due to the part of the paraglider still inflated. The paraglider contacted power lines and was damaged, however the pilot was not injured.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 30.01.2024	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 29 years 2500 hours (50 hours) 1000 flights (50 flights)	Location Ansermanuevo, Roldanillo, Colombia Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Strong, Very Strong Turbulence, Thundery	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Zeno 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot suffered a large frontal collapse during a competition task, when flying fully accelerated (full bar). The paraglider entered a spiral dive and the pilot deployed their first emergency parachute. They deployed a second emergency parachute to stabilise their penduluming descent caused by the paraglider which was partially inflated.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 29.01.2024	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P Flying Experience: 6 years 725 hours (62 hours) 762 flights (47 flights)	Location Aguapanela, Roldanillo, Colombia Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Chili 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was flying on full speed bar and experienced a large collapse leading to a cravatte and twisted risers. They were unable to recover to normal flight and deployed their emergency parachute.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 26.01.2024	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 23 years 2000 hours (150 hours)	Location Aquapanelas, Victoria, Colombia Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Very Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Ice Peak X-One Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was undertaking a competition training flight. The paraglider suffered a cravat and entered a spin in strong turbulence. The pilot was unable to regain control and deployed their emergency parachute. They collided with a tree on landing and sustained minor injuries.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 24.01.2024	Pilot Unknown	Location None, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Air Design Rise 4	Summary Service Centre reported significant wear and tears in the leading edge material of the paraglider over the leading edge rods.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 24.01.2024	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: P Flying Experience: 24 years 680 hours (65 hours) 780 flights (20 flights)	Location Aguapanela, Roldanillo, Colombia Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot attempted to use their cockpit mounted XC stylus/pencil whilst in flight, and noted that its lanyard had looped around the deployment handle of their front-mounted emergency parachute, and then around itself - potentially tethering their deployment handle to the cockpit. The pilot was able to untangle the stylus lanyard from their parachute handle whilst airborne.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 06.01.2024	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P Flying Experience: 35 years 300 hours (5 hours) 500 flights (10 flights)	Location Selsley, Stroud, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Base Launch Type: Foot	Summary When performing a slope landing approach the pilot was not able to complete their turn into wind before striking the ground hard, causing injury. Amongst contributory factors, the pilot cited a lack of currency and a waterlogged bottom landing area that encouraged their slope landing attempt.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs

Last updated: 2 December 2024

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