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 28.07.2017	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: P Flying Experience: 36 years (40 hours) (40 flights)	Location Pena negra, Piedrahita, Spain Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Bgd Cure Launch Type: Foot	Summary When coming in to land in steep wind gradient, pilot began descending more vertically with rolling left turn. Pilot swung out and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 25.07.2017	Pilot Male Age: 39 1 flight	Location Big Collin,, Ballyclare, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird F1rst Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student flared late and tripped while running off excess speed.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 25.07.2017	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years 10 hours (3 hours) 20 flights (6 flights)	Location Devils Dyke, Brighton, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off in light conditions and attempted a slope landing when he did not gain any height. Pilot came in quickly and caught foot on landing.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 17.07.2017	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 18 years	Location Kettle Sings, Malverns, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota	Summary During pre-flight check pilot noticed that a line had been incorrectly routed. The glider had just had a comprehensive service and some lines had been replaced. Pilot was able to re-route the line onsite.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 17.07.2017	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 33 years 120 hours (2 hours) 84 flights (5 flights)	Location Hat Bluff, Powys, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot stalled wing at low level having applied brake in lifting air.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Head Injuries
Date 17.07.2017	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: P Flying Experience: 40 years 3000 hours (50 hours) 600 flights (20 flights)	Location Bear Down, Dartmoor, Devon, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged a 360 and collided with the hill.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 13.07.2017	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: P Flying Experience: 14 years 180 hours (6 hours) 300 flights (12 flights)	Location Milk Hill / White Horse, Milk Hill, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Air Design Rise2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost control of glider having kited wing back up slope then attempted reverse launch. On launching the pilot discovered a cravat on one wingtip resulting in loss of control.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 12.07.2017	Pilot Male Age: 52 Flying Experience: 8 years 3 hours (3 hours) 40 flights (40 flights)	Location Blaenavon, Abergavenny, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Mescal 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot under training on his final task of qualification decided without warning to perform a 360 close to the hill in the lift. fell out of the lift and impacted the top of the hill downwind.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 12.07.2017	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 1 hour (1 hour) 11 flights (11 flights)	Location Bo Peep, Bo Peep, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged wind on top landing and caught barbwire fence.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 12.07.2017	Pilot Male Age: 70 Rating: P Flying Experience: 50 years 1000 hours (10 hours) 2500 flights (25 flights)	Location Constitution Hill, Aberystwyth, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Pi Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot launched but glider did not come up straight as expected. Pilot aborted launch and discovered large knot in lower cascade.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 12 September 2025

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