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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
15.09.2002

Pilot
Male

Age:
54

Rating:
CP

Location
Abington West,
UK

Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Nova
Phelix

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
Pilkot attempting to lose height to land by s turning. Failed to turn into wind on the final beat and impacted the ground hard.

Injury
Pilot:
Ankle & leg break

Date
15.09.2002

Pilot
Female

Location
Addleborough,
UK

Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h

Conditions:
Variable

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Apco
Prima

Summary
Student strained muscles in her leg whilst attempting to launch.

Injury
Pilot:
Twisted knee-sprain

Date
13.09.2002

Pilot
Male

Age:
30

Rating:
CP

Location
Mercury,
UK

Wind Strength:
32-40 km/h

Conditions:
Thermic

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Solar Wings
Rumour 1

Launch Type:
Foot (Assisted)

Summary
Inexperienced pilot misjudged landing approach - touched ground but then wing became airborne again - eventually landed heavily at front of ridsge.

Injury
Unknown


Date
10.09.2002

Pilot
Male

Age:
31

Rating:
CP

Location
Chamonix,
France

Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h

Conditions:
Thermic

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Nova
Xact

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)

Summary
Whilst attempting to utilise small strong thermal lift canopy suffered a collapse which developed into a spin. Pilot unable to correct situation deployed reserve which did not open fully, impacted ground heavily.

Injury
Pilot:
Cut elbow and bruised ribs

Date
08.09.2002

Pilot
Male

Age:
31

Rating:
CP

Location
Nont Sarah,
UK

Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h

Conditions:
Variable

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Apco
Allegra

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
Pilot attempting to slope land with insufficient airspeed resulted in the canopys right wing collapsing followed by a spin into the hill.

Injury
Pilot:
Right shoulder dislocated, to calderdale nhs trust

Date
08.09.2002

Pilot
Female

Age:
48

Rating:
CP

Location
Atherfield,
UK

Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h

Conditions:
Thermic

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
FLYING PLANET
Astir

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
PG pilot concerned that a helicopter flying downwind of the ridge she was soaring on passed too close.

Injury
Unknown


Date
08.09.2002

Pilot
Male

Age:
39

Rating:
CP

Location
Atherfield,
UK

Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h

Conditions:
Thermic

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Ozone
Vibe

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
Helicopter pssed behind pilots soaring ridge.

Injury
Unknown


Date
04.09.2002

Pilot
Male

Location
Unknown

Wing Type
Unknown


Summary
Reported by telephone. Disabled after taught by friend.

Injury
Pilot:
Disabled

Date
03.09.2002

Pilot
Male

Age:
38

Rating:
P

Location
Haig Pit,
UK

Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Gradient
Saphir

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
During a top landing attempt the pilot realised that he was in danger of landing close to some parked cars at the downwind end of the field. At the last minute he decided to try to land behind the cars, but was unable to turn quickly enough to avoid them.

Injury
Pilot:
Unhurt

Date
01.09.2002

Pilot
Male

Age:
43

Location
Warren Hill Low,
UK

Conditions:
Variable

Wing Type
Paraglider

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
No details.

Injury
Pilot:
Sprained ankle, 1st aid applied and to casulaty

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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