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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.

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If available, total hours flown and hours flown in the previous six months are included below, with the latter displayed in brackets.

There are 3202 entries for all wing types

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Date Pilot Location Wing Type Summary Injury
Incident Reports

Date
04.09.2000

Pilot
Unknown
Location
Milk Hill,
UK

Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Paraglider

Summary
No details.

Injury
Possible fr collarbone


Date
21.07.1919

Pilot
Male

Age:
48

Rating:
P

Flying Experience:
21 years
1000 hours
(200 hours)

Location
Thurstaston Wirral Country Park,
UK

Wind Strength:
10-15 km/h

Conditions:,
Not Turbulent

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Advance
Iota 2

Summary
Jogger running across the site not looking where she was going, ran over paraglider lines & almost tripped whist the equipment was being laid out for preflight inspection. No injuries.

Injury
Unhurt

Last updated: 9 September 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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