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 3221 entries for all wing types
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Date | Pilot | Location | Wing Type | Summary | Injury |
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Date
13.09.2023 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 53 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 5 years |
Location
Sopot BG,Sopot BG, Bulgaria Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: BGD Adam Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine |
Date
13.09.2023 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 65 Rating: P Flying Experience: 20 years 803 hours (19 hours) (30 flights) |
Location
Sopot,Bulgaria Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Alpina 3 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs |
Date
11.09.2023 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 68 Rating: P Flying Experience: 18 years 280 hours (4 hours) 450 flights (7 flights) |
Location
Sopot,Sopot, Bulgaria Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Rush 5 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine |
Date
10.09.2023 |
Pilot
MaleRating: P Flying Experience: 7 years 552 hours |
Location
Newhaven,Sussex, UK Wind Strength: +45 km/h Conditions: Calm |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Delta 3 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder |
Date
08.09.2023 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 57 Rating: NPPL microlight. BHPA Club Pilot + hill, power rating, senior coach, microlight permit. Flying Experience: 36 years 325 hours (7 hours) 433 flights (11 flights) |
Location
Take off from Rossall Airfield,Cockerham, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: BIERINX J AND DUGOURD M POU DU CIEL - BIFLY Launch Type: Powered Engine: Rotax, 447 |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Minor Injuries, Pelvis |
Date
06.09.2023 |
Pilot
MaleRating: CP Flying Experience: 2 years 38 hours (11 hours) 125 flights (33 flights) |
Location
North Luffenham,Rutland, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Mac Para Muse5 Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
06.09.2023 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 49 Rating: P Flying Experience: 24 years 1000 hours (54 hours) 1000 flights (47 flights) |
Location
Ager,Spain Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Very Strong, Strong Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Zeno Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine |
Date
04.09.2023 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 57 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 32 years 4000 hours (100 hours) 500 flights (20 flights) |
Location
Organya,Pyrenees, Spain Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Strong, Strong Turbulence, Leeside |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Enzo Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
04.09.2023 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 46 Rating: P Flying Experience: 19 years 900 hours (70 hours) 500 flights (30 flights) |
Location
Ager,Ager, Spain Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Zeno 2 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
03.09.2023 |
Pilot
MaleRating: P Flying Experience: 21 years 2375 hours (95 hours) |
Location
Parlick west,Preston/Chipping, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Swift 6 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder |
Last updated: 13 November 2024
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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.