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 2455 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 10.07.2016	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 21 years 150 hours	Location Chabre, Laragne Monteglin, France Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Swift 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot left the turn into wind late and landed approx 8m from a main road and parallel to it. Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse on finals. Turbulence from passing traffic could have been a contributing factor.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 06.07.2016	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: P Flying Experience: 400 hours (40 hours)	Location Frocester, Stroud, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mantra M4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was flying in light thermic conditions and encountered sinking air over an area of trees. The pilot collided with a tree and escaped unhurt as he was restrained from hitting the ground by the wing coming to rest in the tree.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 03.07.2016	Pilot Male Age: 64 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 180 hours (1 hour) 420 flights (2 flights)	Location Grand Bornand, Grand Bornand, France Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Tequila 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot underestimated strength of valley wind and left turn in to final approach too late. Pilot collided with house roof.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 03.07.2016	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: P Flying Experience: 13 years 100 hours (26 hours) 269 flights (55 flights)	Location Fort st Vincent (landing field), Fort St Vincent, France Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Glider spun and dumped pilot on his back as he attempted to land in a small clearing in forest in thermic conditions.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 30.06.2016	Pilot Female Age: 65 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 11 years	Location Mont Chouvé, Job, France Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Not known Launch Type: Foot	Summary An eyewitness reported the pilot experienced an asymmetric deflation during the take off run, in light thermic conditions. The pilot was seen to fall sideways onto a rock and sustained an injury.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 30.06.2016	Pilot Female Age: 66 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 12 years	Location Mont Chouve, Job, France Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had asymmetric collapse on inflating glider. Pilot was then pulled sideways before tripping and landing on a rock.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Thorax
Date 18.06.2016	Pilot Male Age: 42 Flying Experience: 13 years	Location Devils Dyke, Near Brighton, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost control of glider at low level and impacted heavily sustaining fatal injuries.	Injury Pilot: Fatal
Date 17.06.2016	Pilot Male Age: 56 Flying Experience: 10 years 1 hour (1 hour) 15 flights (15 flights)	Location Montellano, Montellano, Spain Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Bolero 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student did not run fast enough and jumped into harness seat on launch. Glider overflew and student swung into small bush causing the student to swing round into the slope.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 08.06.2016	Pilot Male Rating: P Flying Experience: 500 hours (30 hours) 2000 flights (50 flights)	Location Darley Moor, Ashbourne, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Magnum Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary During a dual paraglider tow launch, the passenger stumbled, causing knee injury to the pilot whilst attempting to support the passenger's weight. The launch was aborted, with no injury to the passenger.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs Passenger: Unhurt
Date 08.06.2016	Pilot Female Age: 30 Flying Experience: 9 years 1 hour (1 hour) 38 flights (38 flights)	Location Limerstone, Isle of Wight, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Cruiser Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student made slightly heavier than usual landing and sprained ankle slightly.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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