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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.

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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).

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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 3234 entries for all wing types

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Date Pilot Location Wing Type Summary Injury
Incident Reports

Date
27.05.2003

Pilot
Male

Age:
21

Rating:
P

Location
Babadag (Olu Deniz) Turkey,
Turkey

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Nova
Carbon

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)

Summary
No details available

Injury
Pilot:
Unhurt

Date
26.05.2003

Pilot
Male

Age:
36

Rating:
CP

Location
Haresfield,
UK

Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h

Conditions:
Variable

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Advance
Sigma 4

Summary
No details available

Injury
Pilot:
Unhurt

Date
26.05.2003

Pilot
Male

Age:
53

Rating:
CP

Location
Haresfield,
UK

Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h

Conditions:
Variable

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Edel
Confidance

Summary
No details available

Injury
Pilot:
Unhurt

Date
25.05.2003

Pilot
Male

Age:
28

Rating:
Novice

Location
Bedlinog,
UK

Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h

Conditions:
Variable

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Hi Way
Stubby

Launch Type:
Foot (Assisted)

Summary
No details available

Injury
Pilot:
Fractured tibia and fibula open

Date
22.05.2003

Pilot
Male

Age:
35

Rating:
CP

Location
UK

Wing Type
Unknown


Summary
No details available

Injury
Pilot:
Unhurt

Date
15.05.2003

Pilot
Male

Age:
66

Rating:
P

Location
Cold Norton,
UK

Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h

Conditions:
Variable

Wing Type
Powered HG

Wing:
Airwave
Classic

Launch Type:
Powered

Engine:
Wasp

Summary
No details available

Injury
Pilot:
Broken leg cut on head, burns on back.

Date
15.05.2003

Pilot
Male

Age:
57

Rating:
P

Location
Mount Caburn,
UK

Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h

Conditions:
Gusts

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Apco
Presta

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
No details available

Injury
Pilot:
Unhurt

Date
15.05.2003

Pilot
Male

Age:
38

Rating:
P

Location
Kemble,
UK

Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h

Conditions:
Thermic

Wing Type
Parascender

Wing:
waterbird
Nb Round Canopy Not Specified.

Launch Type:
Vehicle/Boat Tow

Summary
No details available

Injury
Pilot:
Unhurt

Date
15.05.2003

Pilot
Male

Age:
36

Rating:
CP

Location
Mount Caburn,
UK

Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h

Conditions:
Thermic

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Nova
Xyon

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
No details available

Injury
Pilot:
Unhurt

Date
15.05.2003

Pilot
Male

Age:
42

Rating:
AP

Location
Lijar,
Spain

Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h

Conditions:
Thermic

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Airwave
Xxx

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
No details available

Injury
Pilot:
Fracture 2x vertebrae, compressed 1 dics. hospital in spain (records have been kept by his doctor)

Last updated: 2 December 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.

 

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