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
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• 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 417 entries for flexwing hang glider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
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.
Date 31.01.2001	Pilot Male Rating: CP	Location Mala, Spain Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Hi Way Vision V Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot flew too close to the hill in turbulent conditions - resulted in the glider being turned toward the hill in a strong gust.	Injury Pilot: Fr scaphoid bone left hand; break at old fracture. bruised face and leg
Date 21.01.2001	Pilot Male Age: 29 Rating: AP	Location Beer Head, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Csx 137 Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary HG attempting a rushed launch on a busy site clipped the ground with his wing tip causing the other wing to enter the lift first. The glider rotated about the inside wing and then hit the hill.	Injury Pilot: No injuries.
Date 25.12.2000	Pilot Female Age: 24	Location Macher, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Harmony Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary During ground handliing trim problem discovered. It was found that c and d lines had shrunk by 10mm.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.12.2000	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: CP	Location Devils Dyke, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary The pilot made his approach to top landing too far back and with insufficient airspeed the glider stalled through the wind gradient.	Injury Pilot: Fractures of both arms (humerus).
Date 05.11.2000	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP	Location Frinton, UK Wind Strength: 40-48 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Enterprise Combat Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Broken clip supplied for examination. Glider negatively loaded during rigging - loud bang heard after launch - Pilot managed to land safely and discovered that the vb limiter strap has become detached due to a distorted clip.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 15 May 2025

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