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 15.06.2005	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: CP	Location Plaine Joux, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Aeros Target 16 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary It is believed that the pilot clipped a tree in light conditions and fell 15m to the ground. The pilot was wearing a cycle helmet which contributed sighnificantly to the seriousness of the head injuries!.	Injury Pilot: Fr skull, fr ribs
Date 06.06.2005	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: CP	Location Col De Forclaz, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot was crashed into by out of control paraglider pilot while waiting on ramp to take off.	Injury Pilot: Gashed leg, bruised shoulder
Date 06.06.2005	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: CP	Location Annecy, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot had to land in emergency field having left it too late to make official field. Glider nosed in in long grass as pilot could not locate harness zip and had to land on wheels.	Injury Pilot: Bruised ribs
Date 03.06.2005	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: CP	Location Plaine Joux, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Sportster Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot overshot landing area and crashed into a parked car.	Injury Pilot: Strained elbow
Date 17.05.2005	Pilot Female Age: 46 Rating: P	Location Smeatharpe, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Sx2 Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Pilot stalled glider during winch launch after pushing bar out having foolishly anticipated increased winch tension that did not materialise due to mechanical failure.	Injury Pilot: Bruises and grazing.
Date 05.04.2005	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: CP	Location Milk Hill, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Amour 159 Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Glider stalled on final approach possibly due to thermic activity and/or insufficient speed on landing appraoch.	Injury Pilot: Strained shoulder
Date 25.03.2005	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: AP	Location Sutton Meadows, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airbourne C2 Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot started take off run for aerotow but was not properly clear of the marshal. Glider struck marshal on shoulder as it moved forward causing the weak link to break and bending an upright.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 13.03.2005	Pilot Male Age: 25 Rating: CP	Location Long Mynd, UK	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Elan Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Under investigation. Pilot lost control at low level and crashed heavilly.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 03.03.2005	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: Novice	Location Lords Seat, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Aeros Target 16 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student appears to have allowed glider to lose too much energy leading to a heavy landing. Poor flare also a factor.	Injury Pilot: Dislo elbow
Date 04.12.2004	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: Novice	Location Kennel Farm, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Hi Way Stubby Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Student went off line slightly but then pulled bar in on landing instead of flaring resulting in heavy landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr arm

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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