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.
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).
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 |
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Date
23.06.2018 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 50 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 21 years 200 hours (6 hours) 41 flights (8 flights) |
Location
Westbury,Trowbridge, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Strong Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Wills Wing Sport 2 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
19.06.2018 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 53 Rating: P Flying Experience: 16 years 195 hours (11 hours) 616 flights (25 flights) |
Location
Montmin,Annecy, France Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Advance Epsilon 8 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder |
Date
18.06.2018 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 61 Flying Experience: 30 years 250 hours |
Location
Forclaz,Annecy, France Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Advance Iota Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured |
Date
15.06.2018 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 43 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 14 hours (14 hours) 17 flights (14 flights) |
Location
Mount Caburn,Glynde, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Niviuk Koyot 3 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt, Cervical Spine |
Date
13.06.2018 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 54 Rating: IPPI 4 |
Location
Mount Caburn sussex,Lewis, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence |
Wing Type Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder |
Date
13.06.2018 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 57 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 24 years 90 hours (12 hours) 250 flights (21 flights) |
Location
Newhaven Cliffs,Newhaven, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Buzz 4 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
10.06.2018 |
Pilot
FemaleAge: 36 Flying Experience: 1 hour (1 hour) 16 flights |
Location
Swanborough,Swanborough, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Elememt 2 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Minor Injuries, Head Injuries |
Date
10.06.2018 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 49 Flying Experience: 7 years 16 hours (6 hours) 6 flights (6 flights) |
Location
Swanborough,Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Avian Rio 2 |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
09.06.2018 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 51 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 20 hours |
Location
Llantysillio,Nr Carog, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Niviuk Koyot 3 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine |
Date
06.06.2018 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 57 Rating: P Flying Experience: 46 years 1000 hours (25 hours) 2000 flights (50 flights) |
Location
Corndon,Long Mynd, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Advance Sigma 10 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs |
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.