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Incident Reports (Informal)

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.

Paraglider

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.

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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
Incident Reports

Date
24.03.2007

Pilot
Male

Age:
38

Rating:
P

Location
Corn Ridge,
UK

Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h

Conditions:
Gusts

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Aerodyne
Dune

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
Pilot did not launch glider straight and subsequent gust lifted him and propelled him sideways while facing uphill. After a couple of second he came down heavily, damaging his knee and was then dragged a further 20-30m.

Injury
Pilot:
Fr tibia, dislo knee

Date
21.03.2007

Pilot
Male

Age:
59

Rating:
P

Location
Combe Gibbet,
UK

Wind Strength:
24-32 km/h

Conditions:
Gusts

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Swing
Mistral 4

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
Pilot landed in trees having misjudged conditions.

Injury
Unknown


Date
21.03.2007

Pilot
Male

Age:
71

Rating:
CP

Location
Combe Gibbet,
UK

Wind Strength:
32-40 km/h

Conditions:
Gusts

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Discovery 195

Summary
Pilot was thrown over backwards while rigging hang glider in breezy conditions. Glider blew back damaging another wing and a car.

Injury
Pilot:
Concussion , bruising

Date
11.03.2007

Pilot
Unknown
Location
UK

Wing Type
Unknown


Summary
Repack issues. Please refer to IR for details.

Injury
Unknown


Date
25.02.2007

Pilot
Male

Age:
33

Rating:
CP

Location
Ibitluna,
Brazil

Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Ozone
Geo

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
Pilot spun glider applying too much control on final turn into wind.

Injury
Pilot:
Fr foot

Date
17.02.2007

Pilot
Male

Age:
42

Rating:
P

Location
Lords Seat,
UK

Conditions:
Variable

Wing Type
Unknown


Summary
2 paraglider pilots almost had mid-air due to one having made a downwind turn at the end of the ridge.

Injury
Unknown


Date
04.02.2007

Pilot
Male

Age:
48

Rating:
Novice

Location
Kennel Farm,
UK

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
FreeX
Dingo

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
Student sprained ankle while ground handling.

Injury
Pilot:
Sp ankle

Date
03.02.2007

Pilot
Male

Age:
41

Rating:
AP

Location
Fifty Cent,
South Africa

Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Gin
Boomerang Sport

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
Pilot was caught out by increasing winds. Suffered frontal collapse while on half bar in attempt to get forward. recovered frontal with cravat and glider entered spiral. recovered but entered cascade so threw emergency chute landing heavily.

Injury
Pilot:
Fr vertebra, fr pelvis

Date
01.02.2007

Pilot
Male

Age:
44

Rating:
CP

Location
Woldingham,
UK

Wind Strength:
24-32 km/h

Conditions:
Variable

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Avian
Elan

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)

Summary
Pilot crashed into tree having been lifted off hill in rotory conditions with one wing stalled.

Injury
Unknown


Date
27.01.2007

Pilot
Female

Age:
28

Rating:
Novice

Location
Firle West,
UK

Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Windtech
Tonic

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
Student got too close to hill on top to bottom flight and flew into tree, falling heavily.

Injury
Pilot:
Fr vertebra

Last updated: 13 November 2024

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