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.

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.

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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 421 entries for flexwing hang glider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 20.10.2010	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: CP	Location Valle de Abdalajas, Spain Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Lightspeed Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot was flying too slow and misstimed flare when attempting first ever upslope, crosswind landing. Landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fractured humerus
Date 28.09.2010	Pilot Male Age: 21	Location Cox Tor, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot lost control of glider while being taught by his father who was not an instructor. Pilot flew into hill downwind.	Injury Pilot: Fractures to femur and both humerus.
Date 31.08.2010	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: Under training	Location Wetton, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student failed to notice leg loops not attached on launch. Student began to slide out of harness and fell 7-10m onto slope.	Injury Pilot: Fr ribs and punctured lung.
Date 28.08.2010	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: CP	Location Long Mynd, UK Wind Strength: 41-48 km/h Conditions: Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing XC Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary On inspecting glider after heavy landing, pilot noticed fracture in glider keel.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 28.08.2010	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: AP	Location Mendleshan, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Java 155 Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Pilot noticed glider had left turn and no bar pressure while on winch tow. Released at 200m and managed to land safely. Suspects curled up mylar inside leading edge due to fishing for broken batten ends.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 22.08.2010	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: CP	Location Chabre, France Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Solar Wings Scandal Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot misjudged approach and landed downwind.	Injury Pilot: Bruising to face and arms
Date 21.08.2010	Pilot Male Age: 67 Rating: AP	Location Bigsteer, UK Wind Strength: 35-40 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Cheetah 166 Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot encountered turbulence on approach and was unable to control glider resulting in crash landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebrae, ribs and thumb.
Date 19.08.2010	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: CP	Location Hill Farm Fransham, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Ariel Arts Clubman Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot misjudged approach and heavily in wrong field.	Injury Pilot: Cuts and bruises to arms and face
Date 17.07.2010	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: CP	Location Long Mynd, UK Wind Strength: 28-34 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Xtralite 164 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary While thermalling pilot noticed velcro holding parachute was coming undone. Pilot attempted to prevent chute falling out but was unable and chute deployed. Pilot landed heavily in head down position sustaining cuts and bruises.	Injury Pilot: Bruising to arms and shoulder. cut eye.
Date 03.07.2010	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: CP	Location Long Mynd, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing U2 Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot misjudged approach and landed in tree.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 13 November 2025

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