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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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26.07.2004 |
Male
Age:
46
Rating:
CP
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Telegraph Hill,
UK
Wind Strength:
24-32 km/h
Conditions:
Gusts |
Paraglider
Wing:
Firebird
Ignition
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse as a result of rotor caused by windy conditions.
|
Ligament and tissue damage to neck and back |
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25.07.2004 |
Male
Rating:
Novice
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Compton Bowl,
UK |
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Student injured himself while practicing unauthorised PLFs. Continued training.
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Pain in back |
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17.07.2004 |
Female
Age:
44
Rating:
AP
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Darley Moor,
UK
Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h
Conditions:
Variable |
Flexwing Hang Glider
Wing:
Airwave
Fly 2
Launch Type:
Aero Tow |
Student relaxed grip causing glider to enter turn. Instructor managed to level wings but could not make landing area due to height loss. .
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None |
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13.07.2004 |
Male
Age:
44
Rating:
P
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Worcester Beacon,
UK
Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h
Conditions:
Thermic |
Paraglider
Wing:
Airwave
Sport
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Pilot suffered stall then failed to make immediate recovery. Eventually recovered.
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None |
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12.07.2004 |
Male
Age:
35
Rating:
CP
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Hay Bluff,
UK
Wind Strength:
24-32 km/h
Conditions:
Thermic |
Paraglider
Wing:
Airwave
Sport
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Pilot suffered large asymmetric while flying in strong turbulent conditions. The ensuing dive led to a spiral that the pilot could not recover. He deployed his emergency chute and landed safely but was then dragged for 300m. .
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None |
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11.07.2004 |
Male
Age:
49
Rating:
CP
|
The Lawley,
UK
Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h
Conditions:
Thermic |
Flexwing Hang Glider
Wing:
Hi Way
Vision
Launch Type:
Foot (Assisted) |
Pilot became object fixated and allowed himself to get too low with no room to turn away from the hill. Landed heavily and broke upright.
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None |
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07.07.2004 |
|
UK |
Paraglider |
During repack deployment handle tore off deployment bag.
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None |
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07.07.2004 |
|
UK |
Paraglider |
During repack deployment handle/bridle combination was of such a length that the emergency chute was still in harness at full extension of pilots arm. Webbing to webbing conection also. Par Avion.
|
None |
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07.07.2004 |
|
UK |
Paraglider |
During repack it was discovered that pilot had connected maillon at end of chute bridle to second handle on deployment bag as well as to harness bridles. Impossible to deploy as result.
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None |
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06.07.2004 |
Male
Age:
30
Rating:
AP
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Westbury,
UK
Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h
Conditions:
Thermic |
Paraglider
Wing:
Ozone
Vulcan
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Pilot experienced severe turbulence causing wing to collapse, probably due to lee side rotor. Pilot landed heavily.
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Fr wrist |
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Last updated: 19 April 2024
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