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.

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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 11.01.2003	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: FLPA	Location The Tarn Farm, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Java 155/Mosquito Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary No details available	Injury Unknown
Date 13.10.2002	Pilot Male Age: 39	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Icaro Mars Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Glider drifted off to the right during low tow launch, student turned right instead of left causing glider to turn more quickly, impacted the ground heavily.	Injury Pilot: Bruised eye, stiff neck (later)
Date 12.10.2002	Pilot Male	Location Bell Hill, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Extreme Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Unknown
Date 12.10.2002	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: CP	Location Bell Hill, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Calypso Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Unknown
Date 12.10.2002	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP	Location Bell Hill, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Pulse Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Unknown
Date 12.10.2002	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P	Location Bell Hill, 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 Unknown
Date 07.10.2002	Pilot Female Age: 27	Location Woldingham, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Hi Way Stubby	Summary Student pulled muscle during take off run.	Injury Pilot: Pulled leg muscle
Date 06.10.2002	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: CP	Location Harting Down, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Elan Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Glider stalled through wind gradient as pilot made landing approach too close to a line of trees.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 29.09.2002	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: P	Location Rushup Edge, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Aeros Stealth *Pl Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Glider had uncontrollable right turn - only discovered after launch - pilot impacted the hill. Glider had been crashed on previous flight - no damage discovered.	Injury Pilot: Concussion, lacerated knee
Date 24.09.2002	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: P	Location Die Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Magic 3 Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot attempting to launch in light wind conditions did not generate sufficient airspeed during take-off run. Witnesses said nose was too high. Glider stalled and fell over 40ft cliff edge into trees.	Injury Unknown

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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