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.

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 3283 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports

Date 06.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: P Flying Experience: 37 years 750 hours (30 hours) 1 flight (30 flights)	Location Nont sarahs, Huddersfield, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Artik 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot hit heavy sink while ridge soaring and crashed onto rocky slope.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Head Injuries

Date 05.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P Flying Experience: 19 years 130 hours (25 hours)	Location Whitewool, Petersfield, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Uturn Blacklight 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot encountered sink while attempting to slope land and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Lumbar Spine

Date 05.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P Flying Experience: 25 years 2000 hours	Location Fairsnape Fell, Lancashire, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Escape S21 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The wind dropped while pilot was ridge soaring downwind. Pilot came down fast on area of stones.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs

Date 05.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 35 Flying Experience: 16 years	Location UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Freeride Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was flying low approx 8.30pm towards setting sun and taking care looking for obstacles. Did not see low level power line and collided with the cables.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured

Date 05.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 13 years 40 hours 50 flights	Location Windbank, Grassington, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Ion 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took of with a full riser twist but was able to untwist and get into pod. On attempting to turn back into wind the pilot applied excessive control and spun the glider.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured

Date 05.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: Pilot parascending tow Flying Experience: 29 years 1500 flights (12 flights)	Location South Cerney, Cirencester, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Other Wing: Eiffe Classic Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot allowed glider to overfly him on tow launch and was dragged onto shoulder. Tow was aborted by driver.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder

Date 04.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: Unqualified Flying Experience: 7 years 1 flight	Location Aldbrough, Kingston upon Hull, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Synthesis 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot stalled glider after engine cut out on practise approach.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries

Date 29.04.2018	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 8 hours (8 hours) 40 flights (40 flights)	Location Ben Rinnes, Duftown, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Bolero 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Low airtime pilot attempted to make a top landing but had insufficient height. This resulted in the pilot crash landing cross-slope.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs

Date 29.04.2018	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: P Flying Experience: 17 years 200 hours	Location MAPPLETON, HORNSEA, EAST COAST, UK Wind Strength: 35-40 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance OMEGA Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was pulled over as wing rotated while attempting to launch in strong wind.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder

Date 29.04.2018	Pilot Male Age: 43 Flying Experience: 16 years 400 hours (60 hours)	Location Dune de Pyla, La Teste, France Wind Strength: 40-45 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Freestyle 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged spiral dive on unfamiliar glider losing more height than anticipated. Pilot impacted sand dune at speed.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Cervical Spine

Last updated: 16 May 2025

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