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
16.04.2023 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 35 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 5 years 250 hours (50 hours) |
Location
Bridlingtom,Bridlington, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
15.04.2023 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 40 Rating: P Flying Experience: 7 years 190 hours (25 hours) 450 flights (50 flights) |
Location
Mundesley,Norwich, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Swift 4 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured, Thorax |
Date
08.04.2023 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 58 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 31 years 700 hours |
Location
UKWind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Mac Para Eden 7 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder |
Date
08.04.2023 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 51 Flying Experience: 15 years 200 hours (6 hours) (3 flights) |
Location
Parlick,Preston, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate |
Wing Type Wing: Advance Epsilon 9 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
08.04.2023 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 60 Rating: P Flying Experience: 29 years 900 hours (22 hours) (25 flights) |
Location
Rushup Edge,SHEFFIELD, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Alpina 3 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs |
Date
08.04.2023 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 60 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 3 years 1 hour (1 hour) 1 flight (1 flight) |
Location
Glyderau,Gwynedd, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h |
Wing Type Wing: Advance Epsilon 9 |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Minor Injuries |
Date
07.04.2023 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 75 Rating: P Flying Experience: 22 years 1000 hours (10 hours) 500 flights (20 flights) |
Location
Constitution Hill,Aberystwyth, UK |
Wing Type Wing: Gin Explorer Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
07.04.2023 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 62 Rating: P Flying Experience: 28 years 158 hours (4 hours) 543 flights (7 flights) |
Location
Combe Gibbet,Hungerford, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Alpina Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
02.04.2023 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 68 Rating: P Flying Experience: 41 years 1000 hours 1000 flights (27 flights) |
Location
Filey Bay,East Yorkshire, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Macpara Eden7 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
02.04.2023 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 54 Rating: P Flying Experience: 18 years 238 hours (10 hours) 531 flights (23 flights) |
Location
Pontlottyn,Pontlottyn, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Gin Explorer 2 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.