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 2453 entries for paraglider wings
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Date | Pilot | Location | Wing Type | Summary | Injury |
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Date
23.07.2016 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 40 Rating: P Flying Experience: 200 hours (30 hours) 200 flights (10 flights) |
Location
Rybury,Pewsey, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Advance Sigma 8 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
23.07.2016 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 53 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years 1 flight (1 flight) |
Location
Eype,Bridport Dorset, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Firebird Ignition Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
22.07.2016 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 64 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years |
Location
Branscombe,East Devon, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Unknown Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
19.07.2016 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 49 Flying Experience: 8 years 30 flights (30 flights) |
Location
High and Over,Seaford, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Mojo 5 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder |
Date
18.07.2016 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 62 Rating: P Flying Experience: 415 hours (40 hours) 1200 flights (50 flights) |
Location
La Lastra,Piedrahita, Spain Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Strong Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Rush 4 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Minor Injuries |
Date
17.07.2016 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 62 Rating: P Flying Experience: 23 years 1500 hours (50 hours) 1000 flights (30 flights) |
Location
Manteigas,Manteigas, Portugal Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Strong, Strong Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Advance Iota Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
12.07.2016 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 52 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 14 years 70 hours (9 hours) 205 flights (28 flights) |
Location
Tailbridge, Cumbria,Kirkby Stephen, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Mojo 3 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured |
Date
12.07.2016 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 49 Rating: P Flying Experience: 29 years 223 hours (9 hours) 1691 flights (70 flights) |
Location
Paluknys tow field,Paluknys, Vilnius, Lithuania Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Skywalk Mescal 3 Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder |
Date
10.07.2016 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 44 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 20 years 150 hours |
Location
Chabre,Laragne Monteglin, France Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Swift 4 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured |
Date
06.07.2016 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 44 Rating: P Flying Experience: 400 hours (40 hours) |
Location
Frocester,Stroud, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Mantra M4 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Last updated: 12 December 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.