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 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.
| Date |
Pilot |
Location |
Wing Type |
Summary |
Injury |
|
18.04.2019 |
Male
Age:
29
Flying Experience:
6 years
|
Bo-Peep,
UK
Wind Strength:
15-20 km/h
Conditions:
Calm,
Moderate Turbulence |
Flexwing Hang Glider
Wing:
Aeros
Target
Launch Type:
Foot |
Pilot flew too slow on his landing approach. The glider stalled and dropped the left wing. The pilot landed heavily.
|
Seriously Injured,
Hands, Arms, Shoulder
|
|
12.04.2019 |
Male
Age:
25
Rating:
CP
Flying Experience:
4 years
|
Pandy,
UK
Wind Strength:
10-15 km/h
Conditions:
Calm,
Moderate Turbulence |
Paraglider
Launch Type:
Foot |
Recently qualified pilot flew into leeside turbulence causing his glider to collapse. Pilot landed in rocks. Pilot was not a member of the local club and the site was classed as members only.
|
Seriously Injured,
Feet, Legs
|
|
12.04.2019 |
Female
Age:
55
Rating:
P
Flying Experience:
14 years
101 hours
(10 hours)
|
Primrose Valley,,
UK
Wind Strength:
15-20 km/h
Conditions:
Calm,
Strong Turbulence |
Paraglider
Wing:
Sky Paragliders
Anakis 2
Launch Type:
Foot |
Pilot attempted a top landing at a coastal site but was caught out by rotor turbulence. Glider suffered a frontal collapse and the pilot landed heavily sustaining serious injuries.
|
Seriously Injured |
|
10.04.2019 |
Male
Flying Experience:
5 years
1 hours
|
West Fell,
UK
Wind Strength:
10-15 km/h
Conditions:
Calm,
Moderate Turbulence |
Paraglider
Wing:
Ozone
Atom
Launch Type:
Foot |
Instructor was caught out by sudden (over a 20 second period) increase in wind strength. Ground handling student was dragged spraining his ankle and bruising his ribs.
|
Minor Injuries |
|
10.04.2019 |
|
UK |
Other
Wing:
N/a
|
A service centre discovered that the bridle on a Gin Gingo Airlite harness had been sewn into the seem of the harness during manufacture. The seam was unpicked and the bridle released, then the seam repaired.
|
|
|
10.04.2019 |
Male
Flying Experience:
1 hours
(1 hours)
|
West Fell,
UK
Wind Strength:
10-15 km/h
Conditions:
Calm,
Moderate Turbulence |
Paraglider
Wing:
Sup Air
Iona
Launch Type:
Foot |
Instructor was caught out by sudden (over a 20 second period) increase in wind strength. This resulted in a student having to make a top landing but was then dragged.
|
Minor Injuries |
|
02.04.2019 |
Male
Age:
55
Rating:
P
Flying Experience:
30 years
940 hours
(120 hours)
|
Col du Forclaz,
France
Wind Strength:
5-10 km/h
Conditions:
Calm,
Not Turbulent |
Paraglider
Wing:
777
King
Launch Type:
Foot |
The pilot's glider displayed parachutal (deep stall) characteristics throughout an SIV course. On the final full stall of the third run of the second day the glider exited with two small cravats. As the pilot turned towards the landing/shore the glider went in to parachutal (deep stall). The glider on this occasion recovered quickly but with the subsequent height loss the pilot only had enough height to do a down wind landing approach with one cravat/big ear still in. To turn into wind would have risked a further stall. As the pilot was running off his excess speed he fell fracturing his arm.
|
Seriously Injured,
Hands, Arms, Shoulder
|
|
02.04.2019 |
Male
Age:
46
Rating:
CP
Flying Experience:
6 years
80 hours
|
Lijar Levente,
Spain
Wind Strength:
5-10 km/h
Conditions:
Moderate,
Moderate Turbulence |
Paraglider
Wing:
Advance
Epsilon 8
Launch Type:
Foot |
Pilot hit sink on landing approach and landed heavily.
|
Minor Injuries,
Lumbar Spine
|
|
01.04.2019 |
Male
Age:
20
Rating:
CP
Flying Experience:
5 years
3 hours
(3 hours)
|
Pandy,
UK
Wind Strength:
10-15 km/h
Conditions:
Calm,
Not Turbulent |
Paraglider
Wing:
Advance
Alpha 6
Launch Type:
Foot |
While ridge soaring the pilot turned away from the slope too late and collided with the slope.
|
Minor Injuries,
Feet, Legs
|
|
30.03.2019 |
Male
Age:
50
Rating:
P
Flying Experience:
16 years
155 hours
(3 hours)
|
Westbury White Horse,
UK
Wind Strength:
15-20 km/h
Conditions:
Calm,
Not Turbulent |
Paraglider
Wing:
Gradient
Nevada
Launch Type:
Foot |
Pilot took off and noticed a brummell hook from his system had become detached and fallen inside his pod harness. Pilot continued to fly and landed safely. Pilot took off again and decided not to bother with the detached hook. He then noticed his foot place was out of position due to the hook not being attached.
|
Unhurt |
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