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 12.07.2017	Pilot Female Age: 45 5 flights (5 flights)	Location Kennel Farm, Surrey, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Merlin Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Student fell on outstretched hand on landing.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 10.07.2017	Pilot Male Age: 50 Flying Experience: 38 years 5000 hours (150 hours) 10000 flights (170 flights)	Location Walla crag, Keswick, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Magnum Launch Type: Foot	Summary Tandem pilot was executing a cross-slope launch when the glider tip caught a tree. Pilot and passenger became airborne before pilot was able to mush glider to the ground landing in a bush.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries Passenger: Minor Injuries Feet, Legs
Date 08.07.2017	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 16 hours (13 hours) 30 flights (26 flights)	Location Dodd Fell, Skipton, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova ION 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at low level, possibly due to turbulence from a wall and lee rotor.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 06.07.2017	Pilot Male Age: 66 Rating: AP	Location Slieau Curn, Kirk Michael, Isle Of Man Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: ITV Turquoise Launch Type: Foot	Summary Whilst launching in light winds the passengers footwear (trainers) came off due to the pilots feet catching the passengers heels on the take off run. The passenger stopped running and during the subsequent fall he sustained the minor injuries.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Minor Injuries
Date 26.06.2017	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 13 years 120 hours (12 hours) 200 flights (18 flights)	Location Barton on sea, Barton on sea, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mentor 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse while performing wing overs. Pilot crashed into hillside having drifted back into an area of turbulence.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 25.06.2017	Pilot Male Age: 28 Rating: P Flying Experience: 11 years 60 hours (20 hours)	Location 'Stella' - Bassano, Bassano del Grappa, Italy Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Atlas Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took, off with slight tailwind and was unable to clear trees in front of take-off.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 22.06.2017	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years 110 hours (70 hours) 45 flights (30 flights)	Location Talybont, Brecon beacons, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Atlas Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot inadvertently took off into leeside breeze and encountered turbulent conditions. Pilot opted to slope land but landed heavily in sinking air.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 19.06.2017	Pilot Female Rating: CP Flying Experience: 30 hours (9 hours) 40 flights (20 flights)	Location Blorenge, Abergavenny, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Geronimo Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot encountered sink over a town and was unable to make the landing field. Pilot was forced to make an emergency landing by the side of a busy road. On approach the glider became caught on a lamp post suspending the pilot 1m above the ground.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 19.06.2017	Pilot Male Age: 68 Rating: P Flying Experience: 18 years 630 hours (21 hours) 1000 flights (50 flights)	Location Col de Forclaz, Annecy, France Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Paragliders Atis4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered frontal collapse while thermalling close to the ridge in strong thermic conditions. Pilot was blown into the slope and glider caught in a small tree.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 18.06.2017	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 9 hours (7 hours) 46 flights (36 flights)	Location High Wheeldon, Buxton, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Mac Para Muse 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was attempting to make a slope landing but thought he was too low to clear a fence that ran down the slope across his path. Instead of turning away from the hill the pilot turned towards the hill and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs

Last updated: 12 September 2025

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