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 09.06.2001	Pilot Male Age: 20	Location UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Hi Way Stubby Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary No details.	Injury Pilot: Not given
Date 01.06.2001	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: AP	Location St Vincent Les Forts, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Magic Kiss Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot failed to generate sufficient airspeed on launch glider stalled and the pilot impacted a road below launch area.	Injury Pilot: Fractured left heel bone, cut right elbow.
Date 29.05.2001	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: AP	Location Laragne, France	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider	Summary Side wire broke as the pilot turned above the landing area.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 28.05.2001	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: AP	Location Laragne (South), France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Icaro Laminar St	Summary Pilot accidentally released pin on parachute container whilst trying to zip harness up.	Injury Unknown
Date 20.05.2001	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP	Location Private Airfield Nr Bury St Edmunds., UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes 5*6 Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot failed to correct turn during launch.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 06.05.2001	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: AP	Location Poppitt Sands, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Sx4 13.9 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot launched into strong turbulent conditions, went prone in harness. The glider then stalled and the pilot swung throught the control frame.	Injury Pilot: Cuts to nose and left eyelid - surgery to replace skin. facial bruising.
Date 13.04.2001	Pilot Male Age: 54	Location Cranes Corner, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Hi Way Stubby Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Student veered off course during tow launch, attempted to correct the turn but had insufficient airspeed, Student swung through control frame.	Injury Pilot: Broken upper arm.
Date 18.03.2001	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: P	Location Kennedy Near Nice, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave K4 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilkot realised wind strength had picked up considerably during flight decided to fly xc to a flatter area to land. Landed in very strong wind, was blown backward into trees.	Injury Pilot: Compound fracture right tibia and fibula.
Date 14.03.2001	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: CP	Location Kennedy, France, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Clubman 160 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot clipped tree during landing approach.	Injury Pilot: Slight bruising.
Date 25.02.2001	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: AP	Location Thornhill, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Klassic Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot on first aerotow foot launch flight, ran too fast on launch resulting in no line tension the glider started to fly but the pilot was unable to keep up with it, glider stalled and was pulled into the ground.	Injury Pilot: Spiral fracture left humerus with nerve damage. nerve palsy radial.

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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