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 paraglider 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 2455 entries for paraglider wings
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Date | Pilot | Location | Wing Type | Summary | Injury |
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Date
28.09.2024 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 59 Rating: P |
Location
Herne Bay,Kent, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Unknown Unknown Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
28.09.2024 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 56 Rating: P Flying Experience: 20 years 3000 hours (120 hours) 3000 flights (80 flights) |
Location
Carlton Bank,Stokesley, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Photon Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder |
Date
15.09.2024 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 48 Rating: CP |
Location
Eype,Dorset, UK |
Wing Type Wing: Nova Ion 4 |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder |
Date
14.09.2024 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 34 Rating: P Flying Experience: 11 years 350 hours (35 hours) 200 flights (30 flights) |
Location
Draycott,Wells, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Advance Sigma 11 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
12.09.2024 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 67 Rating: P Flying Experience: 4 years 193 hours (65 hours) 155 flights (55 flights) |
Location
Worcester Beacon,Malvern, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Zoom X2C Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
12.09.2024 |
Pilot
FemaleAge: 61 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 4 years 66 hours (21 hours) 107 flights (33 flights) |
Location
West Lomond,Gateside, Fife, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Skywalk Mescal 4 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs |
Date
07.09.2024 |
Pilot
FemaleAge: 24 Rating: P Flying Experience: 1000 hours (100 hours) |
Location
St Andre,Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Photon Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
03.09.2024 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 60 Rating: P Flying Experience: 10 years 500 hours (60 hours) 1000 flights (80 flights) |
Location
Le Chalvet,St Andre-Les-Alpes, France Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Photon Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
02.09.2024 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 57 Rating: P Flying Experience: 25 years 1000 hours (25 hours) 500 flights (10 flights) |
Location
Stol ridge,Slovenia Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Very Strong, Strong Turbulence, Thundery |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Delta 2 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
31.08.2024 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 50 Rating: P Flying Experience: 16 years 391 hours (8 hours) 495 flights (15 flights) |
Location
Tinto (South),Scotland, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Air Design Rise 4 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.