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
18.07.2018 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 50 Rating: P Flying Experience: 13 years 160 hours (50 hours) 290 flights (20 flights) |
Location
Milk Hill,Pewsey, Wiltshire, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Skywalk Spice Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Minor Injuries, Head Injuries |
Date
16.07.2018 |
Pilot
Male |
Location
Dunstable downs,Dunstable, UK Wind Strength: +45 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Strong Turbulence, Front Influence |
Wing Type Wing: Gin Sprint Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured |
Date
15.07.2018 |
Pilot
MaleRating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 400 hours (75 hours) 150 flights (75 flights) |
Location
Eype,Bridport, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: BGD Cure Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder |
Date
15.07.2018 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 39 Rating: P Flying Experience: 13 years 160 hours (30 hours) 300 flights (45 flights) |
Location
Milk Hill,Wiltshire, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Advance Epsilon 8 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
14.07.2018 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 40 Rating: P |
Location
Milk,Wiltshire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Strong Turbulence, Leeside |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Rush 4 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs |
Date
14.07.2018 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 44 Rating: P Flying Experience: 30 years 250 hours (26 hours) 300 flights (30 flights) |
Location
Magic,SE Wales, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Niviuk Artik 5 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured |
Date
12.07.2018 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 40 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years 2 hours (1 hour) 24 flights (11 flights) |
Location
Pandy,Pandy, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Advance Alpha 6 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
12.07.2018 |
Pilot
MaleRating: Unknown |
Location
Weybourne,Norfolk, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Gradient Golden 2 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine |
Date
12.07.2018 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 33 Rating: P Flying Experience: 8 years 120 hours (57 hours) 246 flights (84 flights) |
Location
Planpraz,Chamonix, France Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Rush 4 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Minor Injuries, Head Injuries |
Date
12.07.2018 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 50 Rating: P Flying Experience: 21 years |
Location
St Agnes,Cornwall, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Niviuk Peak 3 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured |
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.