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
21.03.2019 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 50 Rating: P Flying Experience: 34 years 2000 hours (30 hours) 3000 flights (40 flights) |
Location
Captain Cooks,Great Ayton, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Strong Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: UP Meru Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
20.03.2019 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 57 |
Location
Muggery Bottom,Newhaven, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Element 2 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs |
Date
20.03.2019 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 59 Rating: P Flying Experience: 35 years 1000 hours (25 hours) 1000 flights (50 flights) |
Location
Merthyr Common,Merthyr Tydfil, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Nova Bion Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt Passenger: Minor Injuries |
Date
20.03.2019 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 56 Rating: P Flying Experience: 26 years |
Location
Eype,Near Bridport, Dorset, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Advance Sigma 10 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
19.03.2019 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 51 Rating: P Flying Experience: 19 years 739 hours (101 hours) 2000 flights (134 flights) |
Location
Legzira,Morocco Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Magnum 2 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder Passenger: Unhurt |
Date
18.03.2019 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 46 Rating: P Flying Experience: 17 years 300 hours (17 hours) 1500 flights (14 flights) |
Location
Devil's Dyke,Brighton, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence, Front Influence |
Wing Type Wing: Niviuk Artik 4 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured |
Date
14.03.2019 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 46 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 27 hours (9 hours) 66 flights (20 flights) |
Location
Montellano,Montellano, Spain Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Advance Xi Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
02.03.2019 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 26 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 35 hours (19 hours) 51 flights (25 flights) |
Location
Tap o Noth,Rhynie, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Gin Sprint 3 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs |
Date
01.03.2019 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 30 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 180 hours (80 hours) |
Location
Fochriw,Fochriw, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Rush 4 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
27.02.2019 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 65 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 38 years 1300 hours (25 hours) (20 flights) |
Location
Parlick,Lancs, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Advance Sigma 10 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
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.