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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 3111 entries for all wing types
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| Date |
Pilot |
Location |
Wing Type |
Summary |
Injury |
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30.03.2002 |
Male
Age:
38
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Holme Next The Sea Sssi,
UK
Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h
Conditions:
Smooth/Steady |
Paraglider
Wing:
Nova
Xact 25
Launch Type:
Vehicle/Boat Tow |
Attempting to tow a paraglider behind a car the canopy locked out and the canopy was pulled into the beach severely injuring the pilot.
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Fractures to: r knee, 3 or 4 lumbar vertebrae (compression) internal injuries. |
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30.03.2002 |
Male
Age:
38
Rating:
P
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Mynyad Meid,
UK
Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h
Conditions:
Variable |
Paraglider
Wing:
Ozone
Atom
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Following landing the pilot was dragged sideways into a ditch.
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Broken right hand- 2 metacarpal bones |
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29.03.2002 |
Male
Age:
37
Rating:
CP
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Woldham 2,
UK
Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h
Conditions:
Smooth/Steady |
Paraglider
Wing:
Nova
Carbon
Launch Type:
Vehicle/Boat Tow |
Prior to tow launch, as tension came full the line the tow release partially failed resulting in the left bridle coming off with the tow line attached to the right bridle only. The launched was aborted when the pilot had reached 10ft. Landed ok.
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26.03.2002 |
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Ashover, Derbyshire,
UK |
Powered PG
Launch Type:
Powered |
2 PPGs reported flying low over Ashover , Derbyshire. Several captive birds of prey were spooked resulting in one being injured and subsequently put down.
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25.03.2002 |
Male
Age:
37
Rating:
P
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Leadlich,
UK
Wind Strength:
24-32 km/h
Conditions:
Thermic |
Flexwing Hang Glider
Wing:
Air Atos
Launch Type:
Foot (Forward) |
Following a xc flight the pilot misjudged the wind direction on landing resulting in a downwind landing.
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Broken right anke: fibula; didnt go hospital for 2 days as thought it was just sprained |
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24.03.2002 |
Male
Age:
46
Rating:
P
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Bwlch Y Groes,
UK
Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h
Conditions:
Thermic |
Paraglider
Wing:
ADG
Bi - Manta
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Following a tandem flight it was discovered that one of the maillons connecting the riser to the spreader bar was undone and had stretched out of shape by approx 5mm.
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23.03.2002 |
Male
Age:
31
Rating:
CP
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Big Fat Repack,
UK |
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Pilot unable to release parachute from container during big fat repack parachute packing session. Reserve was repacked with the routing of the handle slightly modified - this then proved to be successful.
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23.03.2002 |
Male
Age:
32
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Steyning Bowl,
UK
Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h
Conditions:
Smooth/Steady |
Paraglider
Wing:
Trekking
Sunbeam
Launch Type:
Foot (Assisted) |
Student fell during forward launch dislocating his knee cap.
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Dislocated knee cap |
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17.03.2002 |
Male
Age:
33
Rating:
CP
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Darley Moor,
UK
Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h
Conditions:
Smooth/Steady |
Flexwing Hang Glider
Wing:
Airwave
Calypso
Launch Type:
Winch Tow |
At 120ft during tow launch the pilot released the line completely from his chest release. He then pushed out causing the glider to stall. During the stall the glider turned out of wind, at 20 ft the pilot stalled the glider again impacting the ground.
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Light bruising |
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17.03.2002 |
Male
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Horse Leys Farm,
UK
Wind Strength:
24-32 km/h
Conditions:
Smooth/Steady |
Flexwing Hang Glider
Wing:
Airwave
Magic Iv Fr
Launch Type:
Vehicle/Boat Tow |
Pilot being towed behind land rover usng climbing rope with no weak link or release at either end. Glider drifted off course and impacted the ground.
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Fr ribs, punctured lung, concussion, dl shoulder. |
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Last updated: 7 December 2023
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