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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.

Paraglider

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).

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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 2455 entries for paraglider wings

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Date Pilot Location Wing Type Summary Injury
Incident Reports

Date
31.05.2003

Pilot
Male

Age:
38

Rating:
P

Location
Fontanile , Castelluccio, Di Norcia. Itlay,
Italy

Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h

Conditions:
Thermic

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
FLYING PLANET
Spirit

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
No details available

Injury
Pilot:
Vertebra compression fracture and possible cracked rib

Date
31.05.2003

Pilot
Male

Age:
22

Rating:
Novice

Location
Talybont,
UK

Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Advance
Alpha

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
No details available

Injury
Pilot:
Broken ankle

Date
30.05.2003

Pilot
Male

Age:
30

Rating:
AP

Location
Repack,
UK

Wing Type
Paraglider

Summary
No details available

Injury
Pilot:
Unhurt

Date
30.05.2003

Pilot
Male

Age:
41

Rating:
Novice

Location
Muggery Bottom,
UK

Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h

Conditions:
Thermic

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Apco
Fiesta

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
No details available

Injury
Pilot:
Fractured wrist and elbow and also bruised spine.

Date
29.05.2003

Pilot
Male

Age:
40

Rating:
CP

Location
Larange,
France

Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h

Conditions:
Thermic

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Apco
Sentra Large.

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
No details available

Injury
Pilot:
Fr femur

Date
28.05.2003

Pilot
Male

Age:
38

Rating:
CP

Location
Nant Y Moel,
UK

Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h

Conditions:
Thermic

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Swing
Astral

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
No details available

Injury
Pilot:
Severe bruising to muscles of lower spine. compressed vertebra.

Date
27.05.2003

Pilot
Male

Age:
21

Rating:
P

Location
Babadag (Olu Deniz) Turkey,
Turkey

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Nova
Carbon

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)

Summary
No details available

Injury
Pilot:
Unhurt

Date
26.05.2003

Pilot
Male

Age:
36

Rating:
CP

Location
Haresfield,
UK

Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h

Conditions:
Variable

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Advance
Sigma 4

Summary
No details available

Injury
Pilot:
Unhurt

Date
26.05.2003

Pilot
Male

Age:
53

Rating:
CP

Location
Haresfield,
UK

Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h

Conditions:
Variable

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Edel
Confidance

Summary
No details available

Injury
Pilot:
Unhurt

Date
15.05.2003

Pilot
Male

Age:
57

Rating:
P

Location
Mount Caburn,
UK

Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h

Conditions:
Gusts

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Apco
Presta

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
No details available

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.

 

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