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 2497 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 10.05.2017	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 13 years 235 hours (32 hours) 578 flights (66 flights)	Location Blorenge, Abergavenny, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged approach and was forced to turn at low level to avoid hitting cars and trees. Pilot landed heavily downwind.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 10.05.2017	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: P Flying Experience: 18 years 400 hours (20 hours) 200 flights	Location Wether fell, Wensleydale, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Strong, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Phantom Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered an asymmetric collapse in strong conditions at low level having just taken off. Pilot hit the ground before the glider could recover.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 09.05.2017	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 91 hours (70 hours) 195 flights (130 flights)	Location White Wool, West Meon, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Vista 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered 60% collapse which resulted in a cravat. Pilot was able to pump cravat out and landed safely. Pilot stated that recent SIV course played a role in resolving the issue in a calm and efficient manner.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 07.05.2017	Pilot Male Age: 42 Flying Experience: 8 years	Location Beddingham, East Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student flared unevenly on landing from low hop and twisted ankle.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 07.05.2017	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P Flying Experience: 31 years 400 hours (12 hours) 1000 flights (31 flights)	Location Uffington White Horse, Uffington, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Chili4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary While thermalling pilot experienced harness buckle become undone. Pilot landed safely. Pilot reconnected buckle securely but was able to replicate the problem in flight.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 06.05.2017	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 19 years 5000 hours (500 hours) 5000 flights (600 flights)	Location Signal Hill, Cape Town, South Africa Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent, Rain, Snow	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sol Sonic Play 3D Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered an asymmetric collapse at low level and crashed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 01.05.2017	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P Flying Experience: 32 years 250 hours (18 hours) 600 flights (40 flights)	Location Not applicable, Folkestone, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Chili 3	Summary During pre-flight inspection the pilot noticed that a brake line had been frayed by the metal swivel.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 29.04.2017	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 1 hour	Location Pilgrims farm, Woldingham, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: UP Ascent	Summary Pilot collided with ridge shortly after take off.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 29.04.2017	Pilot Male Age: 60 Flying Experience: 23 years 1500 hours (35 hours) 600 flights (40 flights)	Location Mere Rifle Range, Mere Wiltshire, UK Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders GTO2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost control of glider on landing in strong winds. Pilot was dragged causing a concussion.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Head Injuries
Date 29.04.2017	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: P Flying Experience: 11 years 101 hours (30 hours) 212 flights (29 flights)	Location Beer head, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot entered spiral dive and misjudged remaining height before attemting to exit. Spiral dive had locked in and the pilot could not recover before colliding with cliff face at a shallow angle. The glider returned to normal flight and the pilot top landed.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries

Last updated: 19 June 2025

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