British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association

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:

• All Wing Types
• Paraglider
• Flexwing Hang Glider
• Rigid Hang Glider
• Speedrider
• Speedflyer/Miniwing
• Powered PG
• Powered HG
• Other

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).

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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 27.07.2003	Pilot Female Age: 41 Rating: AP	Location Devils Dyke, UK Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Hornet Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered defaltion low over trees. Pilot crashed into trees then fell to the ground.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 23.07.2003	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: CP	Location Lobden, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fractured vertebrae, l1 and l2.
Date 16.07.2003	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: Novice	Location Folly Hill, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: FLYING PLANET Astair Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student suffered asymmetric collapse while on soaring beat and crashed into slope.	Injury Pilot: Fr (compressed) vertebrae (2). uncertain if caused by this incident.
Date 14.07.2003	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: CP	Location Blorenge, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Harmony Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fractured 2 fingers, one of which also dislocated. both right hand.
Date 06.07.2003	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: CP	Location Milk Hill, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Up Soul Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fr pelvis (two fr).
Date 06.07.2003	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: Novice	Location Glyders, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Bright Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student stumbled while walking across hill. None flying accident.	Injury Pilot: Torn ligaments to knee
Date 01.07.2003	Pilot Male Age: 65 Rating: CP	Location Llangranog, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Superspace 27 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fractured vertebra.
Date 28.06.2003	Pilot Male Rating: P	Location Rowl Gate, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 28.06.2003	Pilot Female Age: 30 Rating: CP	Location Nant Y Moel, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilots collided while ridge soaring.	Injury Pilot: Bruising
Date 24.06.2003	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: Novice	Location Bedlinog, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Harmony 2 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Compressed vertebrae t12

Last updated: 2 December 2024

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