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 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.
Date |
Pilot |
Location |
Wing Type |
Summary |
Injury |
11.10.2020 |
Male
Age: 60
Rating: AP
Flying Experience: 35 years 500 hours (10 hours)
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Longridge Fell, UK
Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h
Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence, Leeside |
Flexwing Hang Glider
Wing: Moyes Litespeed RX
Launch Type: Foot |
The pilot encountered turbulence when top landing behind the crest of the hill and lost control of the hang glider at low level. The corner of the base bar hit the ground and stopped dead whilst the pilot swung forward with momentum, injuring the pilot's wrist on the upright.
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Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
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21.09.2020 |
Male
Age: 49
Rating: P
Flying Experience: 29 years 400 hours (10 hours)
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Farmer's field TO, UK
Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h
Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Powered PG
Wing: Paramania Revo 2
Launch Type: Foot |
The pilot was flying a cross country route. He noticed smoke from the paramotor and performed an emergency landing. Upon inspection it was revealed that the LIPO battery was on fire and had caused damage to the harness and clothing.
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Unhurt |
20.09.2020 |
Male
Age: 34
Rating: CP
Flying Experience: 4 years 1 hours (1 hours)
|
Belstone, UK
Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h
Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence |
Paraglider
Wing: Swing Arcus RS Lite
Launch Type: Foot |
The pilot performed a 360 degree turn close to the ridge and impacted the hillside, sustaining injury.
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Minor Injuries |
19.09.2020 |
Male
Age: 47
Rating: P
Flying Experience: 14 years 298 hours (4 hours)
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Cairn Laith (Creag Meagaidh), UK
Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h
Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence |
Paraglider
Wing: Niviuk Skin 3P
Launch Type: Foot |
The pilot was dragged over rocks after a failed takeoff attempt, sustaining injury.
|
Minor Injuries |
18.09.2020 |
Male
Age: 31
Rating: CP
Flying Experience: 12 years 70 hours (10 hours)
|
Not applicable, UK |
Paraglider
Wing: Advance Iota |
During an emergency parachute repack, a test deployment was attempted unsuccessfully. One of the parachute container pins (plastic sheathed wire) was found to have been pulled through the metal grommet by the retaining loop, making deployment impossible.
|
Unhurt |
17.09.2020 |
Female
Rating: CP
|
Treak Cliff, UK
Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h
Conditions:, Not Turbulent |
Paraglider
Wing: Phi Symphonia
Launch Type: Foot |
On the fourth flight of the day the pilot took off and the toe elastic for entering pod snapped, so pilot could not enter pod correctly.
|
Unhurt |
17.09.2020 |
Male
Age: 42
Rating: CP
Flying Experience: 14 years 30 hours (5 hours)
|
Treak Cliff, Mam Tor, UK
Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h
Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Paraglider
Wing: Ozone Buzz 5
Launch Type: Foot |
The pilot was ridge soaring when he was blown back into lee rotor, and lost control, leading to an impact with the ground.
|
Unhurt |
13.09.2020 |
Male
Age: 65
Rating: P
Flying Experience: 6 years 170 hours
|
Ringstead bay, UK
Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h |
Paraglider
Wing: Littlecloud Urubu
Launch Type: Foot |
The pilot encountered rotor near the cliff, causing a collapse. The pilot impacted into bushes at the base of the cliff.
|
Unhurt |
13.09.2020 |
Male
Age: 30
Rating: CP
Flying Experience: 5 years 35 hours (20 hours)
|
Mount Caburn, UK
Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h
Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence |
Paraglider
Wing: Ozone Mojo 5
Launch Type: Foot |
The pilot was performing turns ("small wingovers") at low level and caught the emergency parachute deployment handle on the ground, initiating an unintentional deployment as the pilot flew away from the hill.
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Unhurt |
08.09.2020 |
Male
Age: 58
Rating: P
Flying Experience: 34 years 200 hours (32 hours)
|
Whitesheet (Wessex), UK
Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h
Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence |
Paraglider
Wing: Advance Iota 2
Launch Type: Foot |
The pilot was ridge soaring his paraglider and experienced rapid sinking air in thermic conditions causing a fast descent to the ground and a crash landing in a field behind take-off.
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Seriously Injured, Pelvis
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