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 20.09.2002	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: CP	Location Unknown	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider	Summary During hang check the noseman noticed that the pilots harness shoulder rope was frayed. It appeared that the rope had been overstitched causing the cord to melt.	Injury Unknown
Date 19.09.2002	Pilot Unknown	Location Unknown	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Kiss	Summary Pilot was seen to misjudge his landing approach and land heavily on a road.	Injury Pilot: Unconscious, ambulance called, dr on scene
Date 15.09.2002	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: CP	Location Annecy, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Pulse, Mkii Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 13.09.2002	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: CP	Location Mercury, UK Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Solar Wings Rumour 1 Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Inexperienced pilot misjudged landing approach - touched ground but then wing became airborne again - eventually landed heavily at front of ridsge.	Injury Unknown
Date 28.08.2002	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: P	Location Col Dela Forclaz, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Solar Wings Typhoon S4 Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Paraglider pilot attempted to launch whilst a hang glider was stood waiting to launch at the one and only TO spot. The PG pilot failed to control his canopy which then dragged him into the HG.	Injury Unknown
Date 25.08.2002	Pilot Male Age: 39	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Mars Illaro Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary As the glider approached the ground following a low hop the student pulled in the control frame causing the glider to dive into the ground.	Injury Pilot: Fractured humerous, 1st aid & to derbyshire royal infirmary
Date 24.08.2002	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: CP	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Reo Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Whilst tow launching the pilot attempted to correct his track by turning right. However, he did not maintain sufficient airspeed during this attempted turn, causing the left wing to stall. The glider drifted off course and impacted the ground.	Injury Pilot: Chipped elbow, bruises to derbyshire royal hospital
Date 24.08.2002	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: CP	Location Airways Flight Park, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Pilot tow launched whilst wearing doodlebug power harness - engine off. At 20ft glider drifted off line - tow aborted - pilot unable to control gliders direction, drifted off course, pilot landed heavily on right side.	Injury Pilot: Broken bones in elbow, ambulance to derbyshire royal infirmary
Date 16.08.2002	Pilot Male Age: 36	Location Devils Dyke, UK	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airbourne - Fun	Summary Student on early high flight overcontrolled the pitch of the glider durng landing. Attempted to flare then fell through the A frame - failed to let go of the uprights.	Injury Pilot: Upper arm fracture, ambulance to sussex county- brighton
Date 20.07.2002	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: CP	Location Butser West, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Alvion Elan Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Midair collision with model aircraft - hang glider continued to fly unaffected, model broke in impact.	Injury Unknown

Last updated: 12 December 2024

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