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 powered pg 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 132 entries for powered pg wings
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Date | Pilot | Location | Wing Type | Summary | Injury |
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Date
21.09.2020 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 49 Rating: P Flying Experience: 30 years 400 hours (10 hours) 500 flights (15 flights) |
Location
Farmer's field TO,Rutland Water, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Paramania Revo 2 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
15.05.2020 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 57 Flying Experience: 8 years 60 hours (3 hours) 105 flights (6 flights) |
Location
Challow,SWINDON, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Dudek Universal Launch Type: Powered Engine: Parajet, Maverick |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
13.09.2019 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 53 Rating: P Flying Experience: 8 years 60 hours (10 hours) 70 flights (10 flights) |
Location
Private field,West Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Spyder Launch Type: Powered Engine: Air Conception, Nitro 200 |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine |
Date
28.03.2019 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 21 Rating: P Flying Experience: 8 years 60 hours (25 hours) 97 flights (39 flights) |
Location
WLMAC,Harefield/Rickmansworth, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Slalom Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured |
Date
04.03.2019 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 69 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 13 years 50 hours |
Location
Bornos lake,Bornos, Spain Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Gin Pegasus Launch Type: Powered Engine: Miniplane, Top80 |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder |
Date
31.08.2018 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 25 Rating: Unknown Flying Experience: 8 years 50 hours |
Location
East Knoyle,East Knoyle, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Paramania GTX Launch Type: Powered Engine: Parajet, Zenith |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Fatal |
Date
29.08.2018 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 59 Flying Experience: 14 years (16 flights) |
Location
Private field,Felsted, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Dudek Reaction Launch Type: Powered Engine: Pap, Top 80 |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured |
Date
04.07.2018 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 53 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years 25 hours (6 hours) 30 flights (4 flights) |
Location
Anstey,Leicestershire, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Indy Launch Type: Powered Engine: Power Jet, V3 |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
27.06.2018 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 50 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years |
Location
BALLYCARY FIELD,CARRICKFERGUS, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured |
Date
24.06.2018 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 49 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 24 years 50 hours (5 hours) 40 flights (10 flights) |
Location
Cutthorpe,Chesterfield, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Praavis Acrobat Launch Type: Powered Engine: Bailey, 175 |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder |
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.