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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 3239 entries for all wing types

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Date Pilot Location Wing Type Summary Injury
Incident Reports

Date
28.03.2003

Pilot
Male

Age:
41

Rating:
Novice

Location
Mamtor,
UK

Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Mac
Muse

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
No details available

Injury
Pilot:
Broken leg

Date
26.03.2003

Pilot
Male

Age:
37

Rating:
Novice

Location
Blorenge,
UK

Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Advance
Alpha 27

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
No details available

Injury
Pilot:
Right ankle, fracture posterior maleus.

Date
22.03.2003

Pilot
Male

Rating:
CP

Location
Big Collin,
UK

Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h

Conditions:
Variable

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Gin

Summary
No details available

Injury
Pilot:
Unhurt

Date
22.03.2003

Pilot
Male

Age:
43

Rating:
P

Location
Malvern,
UK

Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h

Conditions:
Thermic

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
QUATRX
Wndtech

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
No details available

Injury
Pilot:
Poss, fracture vertebrae

Date
21.03.2003

Pilot
Male

Age:
30

Rating:
Novice

Location
Tailbridge,
UK

Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h

Conditions:
Thermic

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Apco
Santana

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
No details available

Injury
Pilot:
Lowerback

Date
16.03.2003

Pilot
Male

Age:
49

Rating:
CP

Location
Selston,
UK

Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h

Conditions:
Variable

Wing Type
Powered PG

Wing:
Swing
Arcus

Launch Type:
Powered

Engine:
Rad,
mxl

Summary
No details available

Injury
Pilot:
Unhurt

Date
13.03.2003

Pilot
Male

Age:
25

Rating:
Novice

Location
Darley Moor,
UK

Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Ozone
Atom

Launch Type:
Winch Tow

Summary
No details available

Injury
Pilot:
Fr ankle

Date
02.03.2003

Pilot
Female

Age:
38

Rating:
CP

Location
Telegraph Hill,
UK

Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h

Conditions:
Thermic

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Nova
Xact

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
No details available

Injury
Pilot:
Unhurt

Date
02.03.2003

Pilot
Male

Age:
53

Rating:
CP

Location
Bell Hill,
UK

Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h

Conditions:
Variable

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
SKY PARAGLIDERS
Lift

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
No details available

Injury
Pilot:
Spiral oblique fracture 5th metacarpal left hand.

Date
16.02.2003

Pilot
Male

Age:
27

Rating:
CP

Location
Nont Saras, East Bowl,
UK

Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Harley
Soroco

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
No details available

Injury
Pilot:
Spinal fracture

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.

 

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