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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.

Square parascending canopy (Courtesy Ann Underwood)

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 3221 entries for all wing types

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Date Pilot Location Wing Type Summary Injury
Incident Reports

Date
03.04.2002

Pilot
Male

Location
Dorset Coast 2m West Durdle Door.

Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Summary
No details.

Injury
Pilot:
Fr lower back

Date
01.04.2002

Pilot
Male

Age:
45

Rating:
CP

Location
Drayton St Leonard,
UK

Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Solar Wings
Rumour 1

Launch Type:
Winch Tow

Summary
During a tow launch the line broke whilst the glider was at a height of 1500ft. The pilot released the line which fell onto nearby pwer lines. A vehicle drove over the line draggin it over the power lines which broke.

Injury
Unknown


Date
30.03.2002

Pilot
Male

Age:
42

Rating:
P

Location
Mere,
UK

Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h

Conditions:
Variable

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Apco
Futura

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
Pilot discovered a 15 inch tear in the canopy whilst building a wall. He has no idea what caused this tear.

Injury
Unknown


Date
30.03.2002

Pilot
Male

Age:
38

Location
Holme Next The Sea Sssi,
UK

Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Nova
Xact 25

Launch Type:
Vehicle/Boat Tow

Summary
Attempting to tow a paraglider behind a car the canopy locked out and the canopy was pulled into the beach severely injuring the pilot.

Injury
Pilot:
Fractures to: r knee, 3 or 4 lumbar vertebrae (compression) internal injuries.

Date
30.03.2002

Pilot
Male

Age:
38

Rating:
P

Location
Mynyad Meid,
UK

Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h

Conditions:
Variable

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Ozone
Atom

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
Following landing the pilot was dragged sideways into a ditch.

Injury
Pilot:
Broken right hand- 2 metacarpal bones

Date
29.03.2002

Pilot
Male

Age:
37

Rating:
CP

Location
Woldham 2,
UK

Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Nova
Carbon

Launch Type:
Vehicle/Boat Tow

Summary
Prior to tow launch, as tension came full the line the tow release partially failed resulting in the left bridle coming off with the tow line attached to the right bridle only. The launched was aborted when the pilot had reached 10ft. Landed ok.

Injury
Unknown


Date
26.03.2002

Pilot
Unknown
Location
Ashover, Derbyshire,
UK

Wing Type
Powered PG

Launch Type:
Powered

Summary
2 PPGs reported flying low over Ashover , Derbyshire. Several captive birds of prey were spooked resulting in one being injured and subsequently put down.

Injury
Unknown


Date
25.03.2002

Pilot
Male

Age:
37

Rating:
P

Location
Leadlich,
UK

Wind Strength:
24-32 km/h

Conditions:
Thermic

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Air Atos

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)

Summary
Following a xc flight the pilot misjudged the wind direction on landing resulting in a downwind landing.

Injury
Pilot:
Broken right anke: fibula; didnt go hospital for 2 days as thought it was just sprained

Date
24.03.2002

Pilot
Male

Age:
46

Rating:
P

Location
Bwlch Y Groes,
UK

Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h

Conditions:
Thermic

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
ADG
Bi - Manta

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
Following a tandem flight it was discovered that one of the maillons connecting the riser to the spreader bar was undone and had stretched out of shape by approx 5mm.

Injury
Unknown


Date
23.03.2002

Pilot
Male

Age:
31

Rating:
CP

Location
Big Fat Repack,
UK

Wing Type
Unknown


Summary
Pilot unable to release parachute from container during big fat repack parachute packing session. Reserve was repacked with the routing of the handle slightly modified - this then proved to be successful.

Injury
Unknown

Last updated: 13 November 2024

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