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 421 entries for flexwing hang glider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 10.07.2002	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: P	Location Merthyr, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Solar Wings Rumour 1	Summary Inexperienced pilot was inadvertently turned by turbulent air whilst ridge soaring. With insufficient airspeed the pilot was unable to correct the turn which resulted in a collision with the hill.	Injury Pilot: Soft tissue- facial, bruised hand & ribs, concussion, unconscious for approx 5 min, air helicopter to myrtha hospital
Date 07.07.2002	Pilot Unknown	Location Tailbridge, UK Wind Strength: 40-48 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Non member attempted 360 degree turn following launch - insufficient height resulted in him impacting the hill.	Injury Unknown
Date 24.06.2002	Pilot Female Age: 38 Rating: CP	Location Westbury, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: La Mouette Topless Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot attempting to top land in strong conditions struggled to turn the glider into wind whilst on the downwind leg. She tried apply more force by putting her feet onto the bottom bar, before returning to prone. She impacted the ground i the final turn.	Injury Unknown
Date 23.06.2002	Pilot Male Age: 64 Rating: CP	Location Long Mynd, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Magic : Kiss Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Whilst attempting to top land in gusty conditions the pilot flew the downwind leg with insufficient airspeed. This resulted in him having difficulty turning back into wind. The pilot landed cross wind on a road behind the landing area.	Injury Pilot: Unconscious > 1hr/ face helicopter to shrewsbury royal hospital, head & neck
Date 23.06.2002	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P	Location Kimmeridge, UK	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Magic 4	Summary During daily inspection the pilot discovered the nut attaching the cross tube to the leading edge was loose with the thread well worn.	Injury Unknown
Date 23.06.2002	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: CP	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Ventura Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary During tow launch the pilot heard a thud followed by the glider pitching nose down. The pilot couldnt find his reserve parachute handle and impacted the ground heavily. He then discovered that his parachute had accidentally deployed during the launch.	Injury Pilot: Bruised left leg and back; to casualty at cottage hospital- buxton
Date 23.06.2002	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: CP	Location Woolacombe, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Xtralite Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details.	Injury Pilot: Concussion, bruises, cut lip & tongue and chipped tooth
Date 20.06.2002	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P	Location Kimmeridge, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Magic 4 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Following launch the pilot was unable to assume the prone position in the harness. Upon later inspection he discovered that the internal harness chord had broken.	Injury Unknown
Date 04.06.2002	Pilot Male Age: 27	Location Constitution Hill, Aberystwyth, UK	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider	Summary Report received from AAIB of hang glider crash.	Injury Pilot: Uspecified
Date 01.06.2002	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: P	Location Mont Sarha, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Icaro Atos Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Illegible - can only glean that pilot misjudged landing approach which resulted in a crash.	Injury Pilot: Broken ulnar- l cracked humerus- r ambulance to huddersfield hospital

Last updated: 13 November 2025

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