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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:
Incident reports for all wing types 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 available, total hours flown and hours flown in the previous six months are included below, with the latter displayed in brackets.
There are 3108 entries for all wing types
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| Date |
Pilot |
Location |
Wing Type |
Summary |
Injury |
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31.10.2004 |
Female
Age:
42
Rating:
CP
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Middle Wallop,
UK
Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h
Conditions:
Smooth/Steady |
Paraglider
Wing:
Up
Pulse
Launch Type:
Vehicle/Boat Tow |
Pilot stalled glider while on vehicle tow launch and landed heavily.
|
Fr spine |
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30.10.2004 |
Male
Age:
45
Rating:
CP
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Parlick,
UK
Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h
Conditions:
Variable |
Flexwing Hang Glider
Wing:
Wills Wing
Eagle
Launch Type:
Foot (Forward) |
Pilot made poor approach and landed short in ditch.
|
Fr wrist |
|
18.10.2004 |
Female
Age:
28
Rating:
Novice
|
Bedlinog,
UK
Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h
Conditions:
Variable |
Paraglider
Wing:
Advance
Alpha
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Student went offline after take off and fell over.
|
Bruising |
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08.10.2004 |
Male
|
Cwm Parc,
UK
Wind Strength:
24-32 km/h
Conditions:
Variable |
Paraglider
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Unknown pilot crashed while ridge soaring.
|
Unknown |
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02.10.2004 |
Male
Age:
43
Rating:
CP
|
Woldingham,
UK
Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h
Conditions:
Variable |
Paraglider
Wing:
Harley
Scirocco
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Pilot caught out by wind strength over trees and blown back into rotor behind trees. Fell onto parked car.
|
None |
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26.09.2004 |
Male
Age:
51
Rating:
P
|
Woolacombe,
UK
Wind Strength:
24-32 km/h
Conditions:
Variable |
Paraglider
Wing:
Firebird
Hornet
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Pilot lost control of glider and crashed when in a hurry to launch in strong conditions.
|
Fr tib |
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05.09.2004 |
Male
Age:
45
Rating:
P
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Plan Praz,
France
Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h
Conditions:
Thermic |
Paraglider
Wing:
Advance
Epsilon 4
Launch Type:
Foot (Forward) |
Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse due to turbulence and crashed into rocky cliffside.
|
Fatal. |
|
04.09.2004 |
Male
Age:
27
Rating:
CP
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Mt Caburn,
UK
Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h
Conditions:
Thermic |
Paraglider
Wing:
Airwave
Wave
Launch Type:
Foot (Forward) |
Pilot encountered unexpected (though predictable) sink while ridge soaring. This resulted in a very fast slope landing attempt.
|
Fr tib and fib |
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03.09.2004 |
Male
Age:
36
Rating:
CP
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France
Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h
Conditions:
Variable |
Paraglider
Wing:
Firebird
Matrix
Launch Type:
Foot (Forward) |
Pilot failed to execute a good forward launch from a small technical take off area. Glider caught bushes and pilot crashed before taking off.
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Fr ribs |
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02.09.2004 |
Male
Age:
57
Rating:
Novice
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Compton Bowl,
UK
Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h
Conditions:
Smooth/Steady |
Paraglider
Wing:
Ozone
Atom
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Student flew into bush having misjudged landing approach.
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Fr heal |
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Last updated: 30 November 2023
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