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 13.04.2002	Pilot Unknown	Location Harting, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Solar Wings Breeze Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot seen to be flying close to the stall with insufficient altitude.	Injury Unknown
Date 03.04.2002	Pilot Male	Location Dorset Coast 2m West Durdle Door. Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider	Summary No details.	Injury Pilot: Fr lower back
Date 01.04.2002	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: CP	Location Drayton St Leonard, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Solar Wings Rumour 1 Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary During a tow launch the line broke whilst the glider was at a height of 1500ft. The pilot released the line which fell onto nearby pwer lines. A vehicle drove over the line draggin it over the power lines which broke.	Injury Unknown
Date 25.03.2002	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: P	Location Leadlich, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Air Atos Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Following a xc flight the pilot misjudged the wind direction on landing resulting in a downwind landing.	Injury Pilot: Broken right anke: fibula; didnt go hospital for 2 days as thought it was just sprained
Date 17.03.2002	Pilot Male	Location Horse Leys Farm, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Magic Iv Fr Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Pilot being towed behind land rover usng climbing rope with no weak link or release at either end. Glider drifted off course and impacted the ground.	Injury Pilot: Fr ribs, punctured lung, concussion, dl shoulder.
Date 17.03.2002	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: CP	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Calypso Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary At 120ft during tow launch the pilot released the line completely from his chest release. He then pushed out causing the glider to stall. During the stall the glider turned out of wind, at 20 ft the pilot stalled the glider again impacting the ground.	Injury Pilot: Light bruising
Date 31.01.2002	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: CP	Location Stanage Edge, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Hi Way Vision 5 Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot flew too far behind rocky cliff edge, he lost altitude and crashed amongst the rocks.	Injury Pilot: Three fractured vertebrae fr (r) arm fr (r) elbow cut lip/bruising.
Date 18.01.2002	Pilot Male Age: 36	Location Soo (Lanzarotte), Spain Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Off Piste Discovery	Summary Student flew downwind and crashed into the top of the mountain following several successful soaring beats.	Injury Pilot: Fr (r) foot.
Date 22.12.2001	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: CP	Location Nora Hill, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Xtra Lite 147 Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot attempted to extend a cross country flight with the result that he had limited landing options. Landed in the rotor behind a tor, and was also blinded by the low sun.	Injury Pilot: Possible fr ribs, aggravated previous hg head injury, minor bruises.
Date 17.11.2001	Pilot Unknown	Location Treak Cliff, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Vision 5 Large	Summary Student misjuddged his landing appraoch and overshot into a wall.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle.

Last updated: 12 September 2025

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