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 18.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: CP	Location Wether Fell, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Solar Wings Breeze Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot misjudged approach and struck wall on landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist, cuts to head, damaged shoulder
Date 16.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: Novice	Location Swanborough, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airbourne Fun 190 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student came in to land too slowly and mushed in on wheels causing break to arm.	Injury Pilot: Fr arm
Date 14.04.2007	Pilot Male Rating: P	Location White Mountain, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Magic 4 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Change of wind direction forced pilot to go for bottom landing field that was in rotor. Pilot landed heavily from 50ft.	Injury Pilot: Fr arm
Date 21.03.2007	Pilot Male Age: 71 Rating: CP	Location Combe Gibbet, UK Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Discovery 195	Summary Pilot was thrown over backwards while rigging hang glider in breezy conditions. Glider blew back damaging another wing and a car.	Injury Pilot: Concussion , bruising
Date 01.02.2007	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: CP	Location Woldingham, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Elan Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot crashed into tree having been lifted off hill in rotory conditions with one wing stalled.	Injury Unknown
Date 14.01.2007	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: AP	Location Mala, Spain Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Solar Wings Scandal Xk Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary HG pilot had mid-air with PG trainee while ridge soaring/thermalling.	Injury Unknown
Date 10.11.2006	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP	Location Basa, Spain Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot encountered turbulence in landing area and landed heavily causing damage to glider.	Injury Pilot: Br shoulder
Date 10.09.2006	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP	Location Sutton Meadows, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing U2 Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot went off course on landing approach due to turbulence. Glider wing tip struck tug pilot who was standing just off the runway with other pilots.	Injury Pilot: Concussion, bruising to head, sprained arm
Date 10.09.2006	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: AP	Location Tegelberg, Germany Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Litespeed 4 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot made course correction on final approach to ensure separation from paraglider pilot. Stalled one wing in turn due to insufficient airspeed.	Injury Pilot: Dislo shoulder
Date 09.09.2006	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: P	Location Thorn Hill, Stirling, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing U2 Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot landed in rough ground just short of landing field having hit sink and struggled with a jammed harness zip.	Injury Pilot: 3 fr vertebrae, fr ribs

Last updated: 12 September 2025

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