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
30.03.2024 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 50 Rating: P Flying Experience: 4 years 50 hours (8 hours) 159 flights (20 flights) |
Location
Mere Rifle Range,Wiltshire, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: BGD Base Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs |
Date
30.03.2024 |
Pilot
Male |
Location
Mere Rifle Range,Wiltshire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Advance Iota 2 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Minor Injuries |
Date
30.03.2024 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 64 Rating: P Flying Experience: 16 years 391 hours (9 hours) 1368 flights (29 flights) |
Location
Mount Caburn,Glynde, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Advance Epsilon 9 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs |
Date
24.03.2024 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 63 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 35 years 2000 hours (5 hours) (7 flights) |
Location
Tinto,Biggar, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Nova Phantom Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine |
Date
22.03.2024 |
Pilot
Unknown |
Location
N/A: repacking,UK |
Wing Type Wing: Sol Squad Light 57 Bi Emergency Parachute |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
16.03.2024 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 50 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 4 years 43 hours (7 hours) 70 flights (10 flights) |
Location
Rushup Edge,Sheffield, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h |
Wing Type Wing: Gin Model unknown Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs Passenger: Seriously Injured Feet, Legs |
Date
03.03.2024 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 43 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 2 years 3 hours (2 hours) 30 flights (9 flights) |
Location
Fair Snape,Preston, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Nova ION 6 LIGHT Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs |
Date
26.02.2024 |
Pilot
MaleRating: P |
Location
Aguapanela,Roldanillo, Colombia Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Rush 6 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine |
Date
26.02.2024 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 71 Rating: P Flying Experience: 7 years 120 hours (12 hours) 230 flights (15 flights) |
Location
Stob Coire nan Lochan,Glencoe, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Ultralight 4 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs |
Date
25.02.2024 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 53 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 27 years 700 hours (51 hours) (73 flights) |
Location
Glencoe,Highlands, Scotland, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Alpina 4 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs |
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.