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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 flexwing hang glider wings are displayed below in summary form.
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If available, total hours flown and hours flown in the previous six months are included below, with the latter displayed in brackets.
There are 403 entries for flexwing hang glider wings
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| Date |
Pilot |
Location |
Wing Type |
Summary |
Injury |
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04.06.2002 |
Male
Age:
27
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Constitution Hill, Aberystwyth,
UK |
Flexwing Hang Glider |
Report received from AAIB of hang glider crash.
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Uspecified |
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01.06.2002 |
Male
Age:
49
Rating:
P
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Mont Sarha,
UK
Wind Strength:
24-32 km/h
Conditions:
Variable |
Flexwing Hang Glider
Wing:
Icaro
Atos
Launch Type:
Foot (Assisted) |
Illegible - can only glean that pilot misjudged landing approach which resulted in a crash.
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Broken ulnar- l cracked humerus- r ambulance to huddersfield hospital |
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31.05.2002 |
Male
Age:
52
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Darley Moor,
UK
Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h
Conditions:
Smooth/Steady |
Flexwing Hang Glider
Wing:
Icaro
Mars
Launch Type:
Winch Tow |
Student pushed out during tow launch causing the gliders left wing to stall, the glider turned and the left wing tip hit the ground.
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Bruised right leg anmd shoulder |
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12.05.2002 |
Male
Age:
53
Rating:
P
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Thornhill,
UK
Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h
Conditions:
Variable |
Flexwing Hang Glider
Wing:
Solar Wings
Scandal Xkr
Launch Type:
Aero Tow |
Pilot misjudged landing approach and undershot the intended landing field. He collided with a tall bush resulting in the glider sustaining structural damage.
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11.05.2002 |
Male
Age:
33
Rating:
AP
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Bradwell Edge,
UK
Wind Strength:
32-40 km/h
Conditions:
Gusts |
Flexwing Hang Glider
Wing:
Icaro
2000 |
Pilot approaching top landing field misjudged windstrength and made his final turn too low leaving insufficient height to clear a wall at the downwind end of the field. The pilot landed cross wind behind the wall.
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11.05.2002 |
Male
Age:
35
Rating:
CP
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West Firle,
UK
Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h
Conditions:
Smooth/Steady |
Flexwing Hang Glider
Wing:
Swing
Mistral 2
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Pilot performing 360 degree turns whilst low. During one turn the glider encountered sinking air with the result that he was unable to complete the turn, the pilot impacted the hill.
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Cracked/fractured l1 vertibrae |
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05.05.2002 |
Male
Age:
41
Rating:
P
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Corndon,
UK
Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h
Conditions:
Thermic |
Flexwing Hang Glider
Wing:
La Mouette- Topless 1 |
Following a xc flight the pilot misjudged the wind direction which resulted in a downwind landing. The glider landed on its wheels then ground looped.
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05.05.2002 |
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Monks Down,
UK
Wind Strength:
32-40 km/h |
Flexwing Hang Glider
Wing:
Solar Wings
Scandal
Launch Type:
Foot (Forward) |
No details available
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05.05.2002 |
Male
Age:
46
Rating:
P
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Monks Down,
UK
Wind Strength:
32-40 km/h |
Flexwing Hang Glider
Wing:
Airwave
Magic Iv
Launch Type:
Foot (Forward) |
Pilot misjudged wind strength on landing approach which resulted in his landing approach being too far back behind landing field. He narrowly avoided a collision with a barbed wire fence.
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25.04.2002 |
Male
Age:
36
Rating:
P
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Shinning Tor,
UK
Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h
Conditions:
Thermic |
Flexwing Hang Glider
Wing:
Avian
Amour159
Launch Type:
Foot (Assisted) |
Following a short xc flight the pilot misjudged his approach into a field clipping the roof of a barn on his final turn into wind. The glider rotated left and then inverted.
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Sprained left wrist bruised hip |
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Last updated: 7 December 2023
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