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 2509 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 18.02.2017	Pilot Male Age: 29 Flying Experience: 9 years 70 hours (55 hours) 175 flights (64 flights)	Location Warren, Folkenstone/Capel-le-Ferne, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent, Flight In Clouds, Fog	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Air Design Pure 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took of for coastal flight but was caught out by sea fog. Pilot lost visibility and drifted over the back but was able to land safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Unhurt
Date 18.02.2017	Pilot Male Age: 26 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 11 years 15 hours (10 hours) 20 flights (10 flights)	Location Milk Hill White Horse, Marlborough, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted a 360 degree turn in front of the hill but was too close. Pilot hit hillside.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 18.02.2017	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P Flying Experience: 25 years 178 hours (22 hours) 500 flights (76 flights)	Location Mount Caburn, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had to take collision avoidance action while ridge soaring with the ridge to his right. Pilot was forced to turn right and top land downwind to avoid colliding with the other pilot.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 07.02.2017	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: P Flying Experience: 16 years 85 hours (11 hours) (13 flights)	Location Los Tanques, Roldanillo, Colombia Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skyman Cross Country Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot got low between two sets of power lines and opted to slope land. Pilot hit sink then suffered an asymmetric collapse landing heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 31.01.2017	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 36 years 3000 hours (50 hours) 2000 flights (40 flights)	Location Porterville, South Africa, South Africa Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Very Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Zeno Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered a frontal collapse with recovered with a 40-50% cravat. The pilot attempted to pump out the cravat but entered a spiral dive. Pilot deployed his emergency parachute but landed on a rock.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 25.01.2017	Pilot Male Age: 49 Flying Experience: 9 years 1 hour (1 hour)	Location New Lane, Dorset, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student attempted to top land in increasing winds. Student used speed bar but sustained an asymmetric collapse at about 5m. Student landed awkwardly while turning.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 22.01.2017	Pilot Male Age: 66 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 13 years	Location Sarangkot, Pokhara, Nepal Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot landed in a tree then fell while attempting to climb down.	Injury Pilot: Fatal, Internal Injuries
Date 21.01.2017	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 20 hours (15 hours) 35 flights (30 flights)	Location Blease Fell, Keswick, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary While on approach to landing the pilot decided to land in a field adjacent to the landing field because of the close proximity of other landing pilots. Pilot was aware of the power line running parallel to the field but did not see the line running across the field. Glider struck line which snapped and the pilot fell to the ground.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 21.01.2017	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P Flying Experience: 19 years 183 hours (16 hours) 246 flights (27 flights)	Location Mercury, Hampshire, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Bruce Goldsmith Design Dual Launch Type: Foot	Summary Tandem pilot initiated landing flare but then let up causing a slight pendulum. Subsequent landing was heavier than usual, compounded by hard, frozen ground in landing area.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs Passenger: Unhurt
Date 04.01.2017	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: P Flying Experience: 14 years 800 hours (50 hours) 1000 flights (50 flights)	Location Whiterocks, Portrush, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Trickster Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot, experienced in mini wings, was flying an acro wing for the first time at local dunes. After a period of familiarisation he began to make more aggressive turns. During one turn the pilot applied an excessive amount of control causing the wing to collapse. The wing recovered but had lost significant height and the pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs

Last updated: 23 June 2025

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