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 you want to search by incident date, please enter the day, month and year numerically as dd-mm-yyyy (eg. 03-12-2019).
If known, total hours and total flights flown are displayed below together with hours and flights flown in the past six months, the latter being displayed in brackets.
There are 3239 entries for all wing types
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Date | Pilot | Location | Wing Type | Summary | Injury |
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Date
29.12.2024 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 43 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 2 years 30 hours (15 hours) 55 flights (38 flights) |
Location
Dunstable Downs,Dunstable, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Buzz Z 7 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
14.12.2024 |
Pilot
MaleRating: Unknown |
Location
Westbury White Horse,Westbury, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Unknown paraglider Unknown Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
14.12.2024 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 65 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 40 years |
Location
North Luffenham airfield,Rutland, UK |
Wing Type Wing: Companion SQR 120 |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
04.12.2024 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 66 Rating: P Flying Experience: 50 years 500 hours (13 hours) 1000 flights (9 flights) |
Location
Easterton,Elgin, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Strong Turbulence, Leeside |
Wing Type Wing: Grif 3DC Launch Type: Powered Engine: Grif, Snake |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
14.11.2024 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 67 Rating: AP |
Location
Bo Peep,Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Advance Sigma 10 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured |
Date
24.10.2024 |
Pilot
Age:51 Rating: P Flying Experience: 12 years 800 hours (45 hours) |
Location
Bir Billing,Himachal Pradesh, India Conditions: Strong |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Rush 6 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured, Thoracic Spine |
Date
19.10.2024 |
Pilot
MaleRating: P |
Location
Rybury,Alton Barnes, UK Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: U-Turn Blackout Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Minor Injuries |
Date
18.10.2024 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 64 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 243 hours (57 hours) 205 flights (49 flights) |
Location
Poniente North,Algodonales, Spain Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Skywalk Chili 5 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs |
Date
17.10.2024 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 73 Rating: P Flying Experience: 24 years 168 hours (19 hours) 433 flights (21 flights) |
Location
The Terrace,Chale, Isle of Wight, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Calm, Very Strong Turbulence, Leeside |
Wing Type Wing: Advance Iota 2 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine |
Date
17.10.2024 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 57 Rating: P Flying Experience: 21 years 450 hours (40 hours) 750 flights (25 flights) |
Location
Oludeniz,Oludeniz, Turkey Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Skywalk Chilli 5 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Last updated: 5 January 2025
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A number of incident analysis reports are also available in the safety section of our website. These are compiled from the individual incident reports submitted during the course of each year.