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 2441 entries for paraglider wings
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Date | Pilot | Location | Wing Type | Summary | Injury |
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Date
16.06.2017 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 55 Rating: P Flying Experience: 12 years 80 hours (20 hours) 200 flights (60 flights) |
Location
Butser hill west,Petersfield, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Trekking Senso Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine |
Date
14.06.2017 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 52 Rating: P Flying Experience: 16 years 100 hours (10 hours) (20 flights) |
Location
Milk Hill White Horse,West of Marlborough, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Gin Gliders Carrera Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs |
Date
14.06.2017 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 32 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 16 years 80 hours 360 flights |
Location
Mere, Rifle Range,Mere, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Sky Paragliders Fides 2 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
13.06.2017 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 50 Flying Experience: 7 years 12 flights (12 flights) |
Location
Bedlinog,UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Advance Alpha 5 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Minor Injuries |
Date
06.06.2017 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 62 Rating: Pilot (Hill) Flying Experience: 17 years 170 hours (11 hours) 425 flights (19 flights) |
Location
Sopot,Sopot, Bulgaria Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Advance EPSILON 8 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured |
Date
04.06.2017 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 52 Rating: P |
Location
Bradwell edge,UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Gin Gliders Sprint evo Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
02.06.2017 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 46 Rating: P Flying Experience: 12 years 350 hours (40 hours) (60 flights) |
Location
Dunstable Downs,Dunstable, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence, Leeside |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Rush 4 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine |
Date
31.05.2017 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 47 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 25 years 10 hours (10 hours) 50 flights (10 flights) |
Location
Mount Caburn,Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Advance Alpha 5 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
28.05.2017 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 40 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 2 hours (2 hours) 30 flights (25 flights) |
Location
Mauld,Inverness, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Sol Sports Atmus Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs |
Date
26.05.2017 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 47 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 30 years |
Location
Savoie,Near Grenoble, France |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Enzo 3 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured, Internal Injuries |
Last updated: 13 November 2024
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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.