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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 3142 entries for all wing types
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| Date |
Pilot |
Location |
Wing Type |
Summary |
Injury |
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26.07.2005 |
Male
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Pennines,
UK |
Paraglider
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Unknown pilots intent on self training causing a pain in the Pennines. Not much can be done!
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None |
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25.07.2005 |
Male
Age:
58
Rating:
CP
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Bo Peep,
UK
Wind Strength:
24-32 km/h
Conditions:
Thermic |
Paraglider
Wing:
Edel
Response M
Launch Type:
Foot (Forward) |
Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse while ridge soaring in thermic and turbulent conditions. Glider turned and spiraled into hill.
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Fatal. |
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16.07.2005 |
Female
Age:
31
Rating:
CP
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Combe Gibbet,
UK
Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h
Conditions:
Thermic |
Paraglider
Wing:
Ozone
Mojo
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Pilot suffered 40% asymmetric collapse and failed to properly control glider resulting in a heavy impact.
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Bruising, whiplash |
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16.07.2005 |
Male
Age:
41
Rating:
P
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Smeatharpe,
UK
Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h
Conditions:
Thermic |
Flexwing Hang Glider
Wing:
Moyes
Sx3
Launch Type:
Winch Tow |
Pilot crashed on tow after guillotined winch line caught on base bar then fence. .
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Fr arm, bruising, grazes |
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16.07.2005 |
Male
Age:
32
Rating:
Novice
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Dungiven,
UK
Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h
Conditions:
Smooth/Steady |
Paraglider
Wing:
Firebird
Z-One
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Student caught out by gust on launch. Twisted ankle badly on controlling glider.
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Fr ankle and fibula |
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16.07.2005 |
Male
|
Devils Dyke,
UK
Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h
Conditions:
Thermic |
Paraglider
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Pilot 360d into the hill at high speed.
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Fr leg |
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12.07.2005 |
Female
Age:
28
Rating:
Novice
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Beddingham,
UK
Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h
Conditions:
Smooth/Steady |
Paraglider
Wing:
Apco
Prima 30
Launch Type:
Foot (Forward) |
Student landed heavily having gone off line during low hop flight.
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Fr fibula |
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12.07.2005 |
Male
Age:
41
Rating:
P
|
Smeatharpe,
UK
Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h
Conditions:
Smooth/Steady |
Flexwing Hang Glider
Wing:
Moyes
Extralite 137
Launch Type:
Aero Tow |
Pilot pushed out on aerotow launch. Glider dropped wing and nosed in hard.
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Grazed knee |
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12.07.2005 |
Male
Age:
38
Rating:
AP
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Piedraheita,
Spain
Conditions:
Thermic |
Paraglider
Wing:
Advance
Omega 6
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Pilot suffered large collapse while on speed bar at altitude. Pilot deployed emergency chute but suffered broken foot due to 10m/s descent rate at impact.
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Fr foot |
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10.07.2005 |
Male
Age:
71
Rating:
P
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Tor Scar,
UK
Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h
Conditions:
Thermic |
Paraglider
Wing:
Nova
X-Ray
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at low level and spiraled into hill.
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Fr femur |
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Last updated: 20 April 2024
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