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 26.04.2003	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: Novice	Location Cockle Park, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Hi Way Stubby Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Student confused by different coloured webbing so released under tension and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Disloction of left arm from shoulder socket. torn arm and chest muscles
Date 24.04.2003	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P	Location UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Solar Wings Eclipse/Ghostbuster Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 21.04.2003	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P	Location Chinrwell Tora, UK Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave K2 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 21.04.2003	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: Novice	Location Muggery Bowl, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Stubby Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Broken tooth crown and cut lip
Date 18.04.2003	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: P	Location Mercury, UK Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Solar Wings Xkr Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Sprained ankle
Date 18.04.2003	Pilot Male Age: 29 Rating: P	Location Mercury, UK Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Xtralite Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Concussion, x-rays shows a shadow on skull
Date 10.04.2003	Pilot Female Age: 36 Rating: AP	Location Quest Air Soaring, US Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Litespeed 4 Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Badly cut nose.
Date 06.04.2003	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: AP	Location UK	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 04.04.2003	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: P	Location Harting Down, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Amour Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 31.03.2003	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: CP	Location Crows Hall, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Amour Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot allowed glider to go off-line during aerotow. Possibly flying too slow.	Injury Pilot: Concussion and bruising

Last updated: 12 September 2025

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