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 3134 entries for all wing types
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Date |
Pilot |
Location |
Wing Type |
Summary |
Injury |
22.03.2009 |
Male
Age: 25
Rating: P
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Combe Gibbet, UK
Wind Strength: 28-34 km/h
Conditions: Thermic |
Paraglider
Wing: Swing Stratus 7 GS
Launch Type: Foot (Reverse) |
Pilot suffered large asymmetric collapse at low level on windy, turbulent day. Collapse turned into cascade and pilot deployed emergency chute. Chute opened just prior to impact and absorbed some of the impact energy.
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Bruised pelvis |
22.03.2009 |
Male
Age: 43
Rating: P
|
Batcombe, UK
Wind Strength: 28-34 km/h
Conditions: Thermic |
Paraglider
Wing: Airwave Cobra M
Launch Type: Foot (Reverse) |
Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse while on approach to top land in windy and turbulent conditions. Glider entered spiral and pilot impacted heavily.
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Fr l3 and t12 vertebrae |
21.03.2009 |
Male
Age: 47
Rating: P
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White Horse, UK
Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h
Conditions: Smooth/Steady |
Paraglider
Wing: Ozone Buzz
Launch Type: Foot (Reverse) |
While ridge soaring pilot applied speed bar when the upper pulley on riser failed rendering speed bar inoperable.
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None |
21.03.2009 |
Male
Age: 50
Rating: P
|
Liddington, UK
Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h
Conditions: Thermic |
Paraglider
Wing: Advance Sigma
Launch Type: Foot (Reverse) |
Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at low level while facing away from the hill. Glider turned 180 degrees during recovery and pilot impacted hill.
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Sprained ankle |
19.03.2009 |
Male
Age: 57
Rating: P
|
Malvern, UK
Wind Strength: 28-34 km/h
Conditions: Variable |
Paraglider
Wing: Nova Mamboo L
Launch Type: Foot (Reverse) |
Pilot twisted ankle while turning during reverse launch.
|
Bruised ankle |
19.03.2009 |
Male
Age: 62
Rating: CP
|
Spain |
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Under investigation.
|
Fatal. |
16.03.2009 |
Male
Age: 45
Rating: CP
|
Milk Hill, UK
Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h
Conditions: Variable |
Paraglider
Wing: Gradient
Launch Type: Foot (Reverse) |
Pilot suffered mid-air collision with another paraglider causing glider to collapse and fall to ground.
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Tissue damage to back |
16.03.2009 |
Male
Age: 38
Rating: Under training
|
Milk Hill, UK
Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h
Conditions: Smooth/Steady |
Paraglider
Wing: Gin Bolero
Launch Type: Foot (Reverse) |
Pilot suffered mid-air collision with another paraglider resulting in both falling to the ground.
|
Tissue damage to back |
13.03.2009 |
Male
Age: 53
Rating: P
|
Perranporth, UK
Wind Strength: 28-34 km/h
Conditions: Smooth/Steady |
Flexwing Hang Glider
Wing: Wills Wing Talon 150
Launch Type: Foot (Forward) |
On finals pilot decided to go round but then quickly lost height resulting in the glider drifting off-line and stalling into rigging gliders.
|
None |
08.03.2009 |
Male
Age: 39
Rating: P
|
Cheng Su, China
Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h
Conditions: Smooth/Steady |
Powered PG
Wing: Paramania
Launch Type: Powered
Engine: prototype |
Shortly after take off the pilot noticed tip steering line had become loose and was lying on the cage netting. The prussik loop holding the tip steering line had become loose.
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None |
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Last updated: 29 March 2024
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