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.

If you want to search by incident date, please enter the day, month and year numerically as dd-mm-yyyy (eg. 03-12-2019).

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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 12.06.2004	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: CP	Location Hay Bluff, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave K4 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot caught base bar on gorse bush on landing approach.	Injury Pilot: Fr arm
Date 06.06.2004	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP	Location Bewaldeth, UK Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Ariel Arts Clubman 160 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot decided to land and put glider in steep turn to lose height. Glider entered a tumble and impacted heavily.	Injury Pilot: 10 fr ribs, punctured lung.
Date 23.05.2004	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: CP	Location Sutton Meadows, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Emergency parachute deployed accidentaly having just released from aerotow. Pilot thinks it may not have been correctly fitted.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 17.05.2004	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: CP	Location Westbury, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Flight Design Ghostbuster Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot decided to land having lost spoileron in turbulence. Caught base bar on long grass and nosed in heavily.	Injury Pilot: Neck and back strain
Date 07.05.2004	Pilot Male Age: 25 Rating: Novice	Location Abertysswg, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Hi Way Stubby Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Student lost concentration and pushed out instead of pulling in causing glider to stall.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 09.04.2004	Pilot Male Age: 31 Rating: Novice	Location Bow Lee, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Aeros T16 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student flew without permission or guidance from instructor and crashed.	Injury Pilot: Fr elbow
Date 02.02.2004	Pilot Male Age: 55	Location Beer Head, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Litespeed Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot took off with too high angle of attack and stalled a wing due to a combination of flying too slowly and having fuzzy hair.	Injury Pilot: Concussion, fuzzy hair.
Date 17.10.2003	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P	Location Tap O Noth, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Solar Wings Xkr Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary HG pilot cocked up light wind take off. Broke upright.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 05.10.2003	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP	Location Devils Dyke, UK Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Offpiste Discovery Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot attempted first top landing in strong conditions and possible rotor. Glider dropped wing and crashed. Pilot should have been with Coach for this task!	Injury Pilot: Fr humerus
Date 04.10.2003	Pilot Male Rating: CP	Location Bell Hill, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Clubman	Summary Laid flat glider picked up by wind and flipped back. Hit parked car causing slight dent.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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