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.

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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 2493 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 15.05.2024	Pilot Unknown	Location N/A, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 7 Light	Summary During a routine service, the service centre noted a metal connector (unbranded "Maillon" type) between riser and lines had two or three turns of thread visible below the closing nut (when closed). Upon further examination it was evident that the nut could be wound fully up the top thread with little resistance, fully exposing the bottom thread and therefore opening the connector.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.05.2024	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: P Flying Experience: 120 hours	Location Blorenge, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Geronimo 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was attempting a slope landing and collided with a wall after they experienced sinking air.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.05.2024	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: CP Flying Experience: Under a year 10 hours (2 hours) 3 flights (2 flights)	Location Kettle Sings, Malvern, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Air Design Vivo Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot lost control of their paraglider following an asymmetric collapse and impacted the ground, sustaining injury.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 10.05.2024	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 2 years 1 hour (1 hour) 3 flights (3 flights)	Location Bo Peep, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot misjudged the wind direction when slope landing on the slope in front of take-off. They lost height rapidly and impacted the slope causing injury. The pilot cited target fixation as a factor and noted they should have turned away from the hill to bottom land.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 07.05.2024	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 5 years 8 hours (4 hours) 50 flights (12 flights)	Location Cringle Moor, Chop Gate, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent, Flight In Clouds, Fog	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot inadvertently flew into cloud above the ridge, and lost sight of the ground. They used big ears and speed bar to rapidly descend, attempting to maintain a straight course. When they dropped out of the bottom of the cloud they realised they had turned through 180 degrees and were now heading downwind. They landed downwind and sustained injury.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 07.05.2024	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 6 years 85 hours (13 hours) 197 flights (29 flights)	Location Babadag, Ölüdeniz, Turkey Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: UP Rimo Launch Type: Foot	Summary During an SIV manoeuvre with the accelerator system fully applied the top pulley of the speed system tore from its material connection to the front riser. The pilot landed without further incident.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 04.05.2024	Pilot Male Age: 71 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 28 years 980 hours (55 hours) 1000 flights (32 flights)	Location Talybont, Talybont, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Photon Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot experienced a collapse of their paraglider on landing approach and landed on their harness airbag, injuring their wrist upon impact.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 04.05.2024	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 3 years 53 hours (9 hours) 190 flights (41 flights)	Location Newhaven, Newhaven, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot did not check the pins securing their emergency parachute as part of their pre-flight check. The emergency parachute dropped out of the harness during flight. The pilot landed without injury.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 02.05.2024	Pilot Male Age: 67 Rating: P Flying Experience: 15 years 445 hours (23 hours) 861 flights (33 flights)	Location Sandsend, North Yorkshire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence, Flight In Clouds, Fog	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Hook 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Having rounded a headland, the pilot experienced significant lee turbulence and sinking air which forced a beach landing. The pilot touched down in the sea but managed to land the paraglider on the beach away from the water.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 01.05.2024	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 3 years	Location Corndon, Shropshire, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Kode P Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot made excessively deep control inputs on their take-off run. The paraglider stalled and then surged, and the pilot fell face first onto the slope.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Internal Injuries

Last updated: 15 May 2025

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