British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association

Incident Reports (Informal)

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:

• All Wing Types
• Paraglider
• Flexwing Hang Glider
• Rigid Hang Glider
• Speedrider
• Speedflyer/Miniwing
• Powered PG
• Powered HG
• Other

Incident reports for flexwing hang glider wings are displayed below in summary form.

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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 415 entries for flexwing hang glider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 01.09.2015	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 39 years 1800 hours (25 hours)	Location Dungiven west, Nr. Ireland, Ireland	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Icaro 2000 Laminar Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot disconnected Xtube tension strop to realine rear wires. On reassembling glider he forgot to reconnect Xtube strop. When about to launch pilot noticed VB was slack and then noticed Xtube strop not connected.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.08.2015	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years 25 hours (15 hours) 80 flights (50 flights)	Location Devils Dyke, Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio	Summary Hang glider pilot had mid-air collision with paraglider pilot. Paraglider turned to return down ridge but then flew towards hang glider. Hang glider attempted to dive clear but collided. Both were able to land safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.08.2015	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 23 years 32 hours 59 flights	Location Devils Dyke, Brighton, UK	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off with the nose up and one wing down. On leaving the ground the glider stall turned and rotated into the hillside.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 11.08.2015	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 30 years	Location Ager - Goal at Vilamitjana, Ager - Tremp, Spain Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes RX Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was on final approach to goal landing field when his base bar struck the ground and the pilot impacted heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Cervical Spine
Date 09.08.2015	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 30 years	Location Spanish pyrenees lakeside, North of Tremp, Spain Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Rx Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged approach and came in with insufficient height to make goal field and landed in a lake. Pilot was rescued with some difficulty by swimmers. Pilot was using 'pin' type hang-strap attachment to keel, rather than the more common carabiner type.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.07.2015	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: CP tow	Location Bradwell, Bradwell, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Calypso	Summary Unqualified pilot flew downwind and low into a gully, striking a dry stone wall.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 28.06.2015	Pilot Rating: Unqualified	Location Training slope, E Sussex Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airborne Fun Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student was attempting basic training run with glider. Fell forward on to large training wheels. Rolled to a stop. Student complained of pain in shoulder.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 26.04.2015	Pilot Male Age: 31 Rating: P Flying Experience: 15 years 133 hours (3 hours) (5 flights)	Location Llangollen, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Strong, Front Influence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Java Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted to return to ridge having gone over the back. Pilot realised he was not going to make it and turned downwind to try and escape any turbulence. Pilot encountered turbulence on final approach and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 18.04.2015	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 31 years 379 hours (4 hours) 1492 flights (7 flights)	Location Sharpenhoe Clappers, Sharpenhoe, UK Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Evo2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off and balaclava slipped down over his eyes. Pilot was able to restore some visibility and was able to bottom land.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 17.04.2015	Pilot Male Age: 71 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 48 years 3500 hours (50 hours) 1750 flights (25 flights)	Location Beadlam Rigg Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing U2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot made final approach with insufficient airspeed. Landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder

Last updated: 12 December 2024

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