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 other wings 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 29 entries for other wings
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Date | Pilot | Location | Wing Type | Summary | Injury |
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Date
14.12.2024 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 65 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 40 years |
Location
North Luffenham airfield,Rutland, UK |
Wing Type Wing: Companion SQR 120 |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
30.08.2024 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 65 Rating: P Flying Experience: 24 years 170 hours (5 hours) 400 flights (20 flights) |
Location
Not applicable,Not applicable, UK |
Wing Type Wing: Woody Valley Tenax 3 / Tenax 4 harnesses |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
26.08.2024 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 58 Rating: PPL Flying Experience: 22 years 413 hours (5 hours) 903 flights (9 flights) |
Location
Old Park Farm,Port Talbot, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Medway Clipper Launch Type: Powered Engine: Medway, Clipper |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
02.06.2024 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 61 Rating: NPPL Flying Experience: 4 years 167 hours (25 hours) |
Location
Sutton Meadows,Cambridgeshire, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: P&M Quick Launch Type: Powered Engine: Rotax, 912UL |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
22.03.2024 |
Pilot
Unknown |
Location
N/A: repacking,UK |
Wing Type Wing: Sol Squad Light 57 Bi Emergency Parachute |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
17.11.2023 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 45 Rating: P Flying Experience: 32 years 545 hours (60 hours) |
Location
Darley Moor,Ashbourne, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Aeros NiNE (SSDR) Launch Type: Powered Engine: Polini, 303 |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
08.09.2023 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 57 Rating: NPPL microlight. BHPA Club Pilot + hill, power rating, senior coach, microlight permit. Flying Experience: 37 years 325 hours (7 hours) 433 flights (11 flights) |
Location
Take off from Rossall Airfield,Cockerham, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: BIERINX J AND DUGOURD M POU DU CIEL - BIFLY Launch Type: Powered Engine: Rotax, 447 |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Minor Injuries, Pelvis |
Date
16.09.2022 |
Pilot
Unknown |
Location
N/A,N/A, UK |
Wing Type |
Summary |
Injury
Unknown |
Date
26.06.2021 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 64 Rating: P Flying Experience: 47 years 650 hours (20 hours) 1000 flights (45 flights) |
Location
Sutton Meadows,Cambridgeshire, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate |
Wing Type Wing: Flylight Foxtug Launch Type: Aero Tow |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt Passenger: Unhurt |
Date
08.06.2021 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 64 Rating: P Flying Experience: 47 years 650 hours (20 hours) 1000 flights (45 flights) |
Location
Sutton Meadows,Cambridgeshire, UK |
Wing Type Wing: Unknown Hang Glider launch trolley |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
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.