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 2497 entries for paraglider wings
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Date | Pilot | Location | Wing Type | Summary | Injury |
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Date
02.08.2002 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 47 Rating: P |
Location
Candover,UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable |
Wing Type Wing: Sportlite 396 Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Bruising to lower back |
Date
31.07.2002 |
Pilot
Unknown |
Location
Unknown |
Wing Type |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Serious head injuries. |
Date
28.07.2002 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 35 Rating: CP |
Location
Nanty Moel,UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady |
Wing Type Wing: Firebird Matrix Launch Type: Foot (Reverse) |
Summary |
Injury
Unknown |
Date
27.07.2002 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 33 |
Location
Muggery Bottom,UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady |
Wing Type Wing: Windtech Coral Launch Type: Foot (Forward) |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Twisted and sprained right ankle- first aid on site |
Date
24.07.2002 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 36 Rating: CP |
Location
Ffochiw,UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady |
Wing Type Wing: Airwave Jive Launch Type: Foot (Reverse) |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Fracture to upper arm, 2 suspected fractured vertibrae, air helicopter to prnce charles hospital- merthyr |
Date
24.07.2002 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 34 Rating: CP |
Location
Ffochiw,UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady |
Wing Type Wing: Airwave Jive Launch Type: Foot (Reverse) |
Summary |
Injury
Unknown |
Date
23.07.2002 |
Pilot
Unknown |
Location
Cox Tor,UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady |
Wing Type Wing: Apco Prima Launch Type: Foot (Assisted) |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Broken leg- abulance to hospital |
Date
22.07.2002 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 30 Rating: P |
Location
Rosen Garten Dolomites,Italy Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic |
Wing Type Wing: Up Groove Launch Type: Foot (Reverse) |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Broken ankle and 2 broken vertibrae l1 & l4 |
Date
21.07.2002 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 46 Rating: CP |
Location
Bell Hill, Blandford,UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable |
Wing Type Wing: Edel Atlas Launch Type: Foot (Reverse) |
Summary |
Injury
Unknown |
Date
21.07.2002 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 38 Rating: CP |
Location
Abertysswg,UK |
Wing Type Wing: Firebird Matrix |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Fatal. |
Last updated: 21 June 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.