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 2497 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
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
Date 02.06.2017	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P Flying Experience: 13 years 350 hours (40 hours) (60 flights)	Location Dunstable Downs, Dunstable, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was caught in leeside turbulence having misjudged the wind direction. Pilot crashed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 31.05.2017	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 26 years 10 hours (10 hours) 50 flights (10 flights)	Location Mount Caburn, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had mid-air collision with another paraglider shortly after launch.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 28.05.2017	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 2 hours (2 hours) 30 flights (25 flights)	Location Mauld, Inverness, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sol Sports Atmus Launch Type: Foot	Summary On launching from heather pilot had collapse causing the glider to turn back into the hill.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 26.05.2017	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 31 years	Location Savoie, Near Grenoble, France	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Enzo 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost control of glider while on competition task.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Internal Injuries
Date 25.05.2017	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: P Flying Experience: 16 years	Location Rushup Edge, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Paragliders	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse shortly after take-off and lost control of his glider. Pilot struck the slope heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 25.05.2017	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 30 hours 70 flights	Location Tan Hill, Wiltshire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot became boxed in while ridge soaring in breezy conditions. Wing tips touched with other glider but all landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 25.05.2017	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P Flying Experience: 32 years 200 hours (10 hours) (20 flights)	Location Meall a Bhuachaille, Near Aviemore, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Alpina 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot twisted leg while doing fast slope landing causing spiral fracture to leg.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 25.05.2017	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 30 hours (25 hours) 80 flights (60 flights)	Location Corndon hill, Shropshire, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Koyot3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse while ridge soaring and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs

Last updated: 15 June 2025

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