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 415 entries for flexwing hang glider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 09.06.2008	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: P	Location Bo Peep, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airbourne C4 - 13.5 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot had mid-air collision with paraglider while thermalling. Became wrapped in paraglider and went inverted. Was able to recover and land.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 24.05.2008	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: AP	Location Sharpenhoe, UK Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Cheetah Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot was turned 90 degrees on final approach and landed heavily. Conditions were windy, gusty and rough. Wind was 45 degrees off slope.	Injury Pilot: Tissue damage to elbow
Date 26.01.2008	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: CP	Location Freathy, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Solar Wings Scandal Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot misjudged approach resulting in crash into cliffs. Pilot avoided serious injury by deliberately crashing the glider nose first and releasing the base bar prior to impact.	Injury Pilot: Cut face, bruising
Date 02.12.2007	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: Novice	Location Elco Cheo, Spain Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Student turned wrong way on approach and ended up in lee of small hill. Landed into wind but heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr humerus
Date 14.11.2007	Pilot Male Age: 71 Rating: CP	Location Westbury, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Aeros Top Secret Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot stalled glider attempting to take off in very light wind without required airspeed.	Injury Pilot: Minor cuts to arm
Date 27.08.2007	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: P	Location Cambridge aerotow, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airbourne C2 Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot flew too far down wind and was caught out by rotor from building. Pilot was preoccupied with attempting to dump 1m of line having earlier had a weak link failure in thermic air.	Injury Pilot: Cut chin
Date 26.08.2007	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P	Location Fransham, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Java 155 Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Pilot went off-line on tow and crashed into trees.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist
Date 25.08.2007	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: P	Location Long Mynd, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Extralight 147 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot forgot to put tension back on glider having just landed to adjust battens.	Injury Pilot: Fr arm
Date 18.08.2007	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: P	Location Chabre, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Cheetah 160 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot was unable to bleed off enough speed (possible tail wind) and nosed in.	Injury Pilot: Fr humerus
Date 12.07.2007	Pilot Male Age: 64 Rating: Novice	Location Myhophen, Austria Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Swing Arcus 4 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Unqualified pilot spun into trees while attempting to thermal.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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