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 420 entries for flexwing hang glider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 18.03.2006	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: CP	Location Mam Tor, UK Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Offpiste Discovery 195 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Whilst monitoring conditions on a windy launch, lone pilot appears to have been ground looped by gust, crashing heavily head first.	Injury Pilot: Concussion, bruising
Date 26.02.2006	Pilot Male Age: 25 Rating: AP	Location Famara, Spain Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Magic Kiss 154 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary HG pilot took off while not clipped in. Hung onto A frame until clear then deployed emergency chute landing on rocky slope.	Injury Pilot: Fr arm, shoulder. concussion
Date 31.01.2006	Pilot Male Age: 29 Rating: Novice	Location Newlyn Downs, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Mars Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Student did not reduce speed or flare on landing and glider nosed in.	Injury Pilot: Dislo elbow
Date 21.01.2006	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP	Location Bradwell, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Java Comp Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot got tangled in harness on poor approach then caught A frame on rough ground just before flaring. .	Injury Pilot: Dislo shoulder
Date 15.01.2006	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: Under training	Location Ontur, Spain Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing Sport 2 Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot failed to properly correct a turn having released from the aerotow line at 100ft and crashed at speed.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 13.11.2005	Pilot Male Rating: CP	Location North Hill, Minehead, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing Eagle Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot landed heavily on light wind landing but did not let go of the uprights breaking both arms.	Injury Pilot: Fr arms
Date 20.10.2005	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: CP	Location Ontur, Spain Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing Eagle Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot locked out on aerotow and crashed into hangar.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist, concusion
Date 25.09.2005	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: AP	Location Unknown	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Litespeed S 4.5	Summary During inspection piot discovered damaged carbon spar caused as a result of manufacturing error.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 01.09.2005	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: AP	Location UK	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Concept	Summary Glider was found to have been miss-rigged after having been independently serviced.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 30.08.2005	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: AP	Location Wind Bank, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Litespeed S 4.5 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot landed in trees having misjudged turn.	Injury Pilot: Cut leg

Last updated: 17 July 2025

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