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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 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 available, total hours flown and hours flown in the previous six months are included below, with the latter displayed in brackets.
There are 2346 entries for paraglider wings
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| Date |
Pilot |
Location |
Wing Type |
Summary |
Injury |
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31.05.2002 |
Male
Age:
37
Rating:
P
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Mount Caburn,
UK
Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h
Conditions:
Thermic |
Paraglider
Wing:
Trekking
Dynasty
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Three pilots on converging flight paths non of them took appropriate avoiding action resulting in them narrowley missing each other.
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31.05.2002 |
Male
Age:
37
Rating:
CP
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Le Reward,
France
Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h
Conditions:
Smooth/Steady |
Paraglider
Wing:
Nova
Carbon
Launch Type:
Foot (Forward) |
Pilot misjudged suitability of field for landing following a cross country flight, narrowly avoided power lines and an electric fence, and in the process caused the glider to spin 180 degrees resulting in the pilot landing heavily on his back.
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Compressed l2 vertibrae- fracture; to hospital in central annecy |
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28.05.2002 |
Male
Age:
47
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Paravion |
Paraglider |
Parachute bridle shortened. When re-attached to the harness the carabiner would prize the stitching apart.
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27.05.2002 |
Male
Age:
32
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Swyre Hill,
UK
Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h |
Paraglider
Wing:
Firebird
2- One
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
No details available
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Broken ulna & radius |
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24.05.2002 |
Male
Rating:
CP
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Field, Roxton Road, Chawston, Beds,
UK |
Paraglider |
Report received from AAIB - low level paraglider collapse.
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Fatal. |
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12.05.2002 |
Male
Age:
46
Rating:
CP
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Kimmeridge,
UK |
Paraglider |
Helicopter flew low over site.
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11.05.2002 |
Female
Age:
43
Rating:
CP
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Bossington,
UK
Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h
Conditions:
Smooth/Steady |
Paraglider
Wing:
Firebird
Matrix
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Following a soaring flight the pilot flew downwind at 500ft agl to land at the car park. At 250ft the canopy suffered a major collapse. The pilot chose to throw her emergency parachute which opened immediately. She landed uninjured.
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05.05.2002 |
Male
Age:
46
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Monks Down,
UK
Wind Strength:
32-40 km/h
Conditions:
Thermic |
Paraglider
Wing:
Airwave
Xbow
Launch Type:
Foot (Forward) |
Hang glider pilot nosed in whilst top landing in a small field. Was seen to approach with insufficient airspeed.
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Knee grase |
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04.05.2002 |
Male
Age:
52
Rating:
CP
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Kennel Farm,
UK |
Paraglider
Launch Type:
Winch Tow |
Whilst Operator was setting guillotines on Koch winch splicing on braided nylon rope failed as he pushed down on bar causing him to fall forward and hit his face on drum.
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Cut to chin bruizing to cheek bone |
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04.05.2002 |
Male
Age:
33
Rating:
P
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Hillend Edinburgh,
UK
Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h
Conditions:
Thermic |
Paraglider
Wing:
Edel
Promise
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Whilst collapsing the canopy following landing a gust caused the canopy to inflate pulling the pilot up and backwards. The pilots helmet hit a fence and snagged as the rest of his body was pulled over the fence.
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Concussion & strained muscle in neck |
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Last updated: 30 November 2023
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