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 16.08.2004	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: CP	Location Eyam Edge, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Offpiste Discovery Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot on hill conversion course lost too much height while attempting to soar. Glider was seen to be flying slowly and eventually crashed into stone structure.	Injury Pilot: Fr ribs, dislo elbow
Date 08.08.2004	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: AP	Location Puncho, France Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Ls4 S Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot stalled having pushed out to miss trees on landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr collar bone, shoulder and ribs
Date 31.07.2004	Pilot Female Age: 33 Rating: Novice	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing Falcon Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Student failed to release on low flight then mistimed flare on landing. Landed heavily still holding uprights.	Injury Pilot: Fr arm
Date 17.07.2004	Pilot Female Age: 44 Rating: AP	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Fly 2 Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Student relaxed grip causing glider to enter turn. Instructor managed to level wings but could not make landing area due to height loss. .	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.07.2004	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: CP	Location The Lawley, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Hi Way Vision Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot became object fixated and allowed himself to get too low with no room to turn away from the hill. Landed heavily and broke upright.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 14.06.2004	Pilot Male Age: 31 Rating: AP	Location Douelle, France Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing Talon Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary During competition with pilots queuing behind, pilot went for launch but wings were not level. Wing tip touched ground on take off causing glider to turn sharply crash landing in trees.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
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

Last updated: 13 September 2025

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