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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.

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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.

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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 2452 entries for paraglider wings

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Date Pilot Location Wing Type Summary Injury
Incident Reports

Date
06.03.2004

Pilot
Female

Age:
35

Rating:
CP

Location
Telegraph,
UK

Wind Strength:
24-32 km/h

Conditions:
Turbulent

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Firebird
Z-One

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
Pilot flew too far back for top landing approach and was caught in rotor.

Injury
Pilot:
Fr shoulder

Date
04.03.2004

Pilot
Male

Age:
55

Rating:
P

Location
France

Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Windtech
Pulsar Small

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)

Summary
Pilot induced an accelerated symmetric collapse on an siv course. Glider entered stall and needed significant pilot input to recover. DHV 1/2 glider.

Injury
Pilot:
Unhurt

Date
04.03.2004

Pilot
Male

Age:
63

Rating:
P

Location
France

Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Swing
Arcus

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)

Summary
Pilot induced accelerated symmetric collapse on siv course. Glider entered stall and was difficult to recover.

Injury
Pilot:
Unhurt

Date
02.03.2004

Pilot
Male

Age:
64

Rating:
P

Location
Ibituruna,
Brazil

Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h

Conditions:
Thermic

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Gradient
Aspen

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
Pilot misjudged landing and was still in turn when landing falling onto hand.

Injury
Pilot:
Fr wrist

Date
15.02.2004

Pilot
Male

Age:
21

Rating:
Novice

Location
Marina Farm,
Kenya

Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h

Conditions:
Thermic

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Advance
Alpha 2

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)

Summary
Student did not run on landing and stuck legs out spraining right ankle.

Injury
Pilot:
Spr ankle

Date
15.02.2004

Pilot
Male

Age:
24

Rating:
Novice

Location
Kenya

Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h

Conditions:
Thermic

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Advance
Alpha 2

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)

Summary
Glider went off to one side on launch and student was pulled over spraining his ankle.

Injury
Pilot:
Spr ankle

Date
11.02.2004

Pilot
Male

Age:
50

Rating:
CP

Location
Taucho,
Spain

Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Apco
Tetra

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)

Summary
Pilot tripped while attempting a forward launch.

Injury
Pilot:
Fr wrist

Date
20.01.2004

Pilot
Female

Age:
29

Rating:
Novice

Location
Sheruti Hill,
Kenya

Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Advance
Alpha 2

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)

Summary
Student fell forward onto hands and knees on landing causing some bruising to finger.

Injury
Pilot:
Bruised finger

Date
19.01.2004

Pilot
Male

Age:
32

Rating:
Novice

Location
Sheroti Hill,
Kenya

Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Advance
Alpha 2

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)

Summary
Student twisted knew while turning to face canopy in order to collapse it after flight.

Injury
Pilot:
Twisted knee

Date
18.01.2004

Pilot
Male

Age:
42

Rating:
Novice

Location
Beddingham,
UK

Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Ozone
Atom

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
Student flew into bush having failed to turn at end of ridge. Landed on side rather than legs.

Injury
Pilot:
Bruised side

Last updated: 2 December 2024

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