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:

Incident reports for rigid hang glider wings are displayed below in summary form.

The BHPA incident reports database is fully searchable. To refine your search you can specify a particular wing type and select "or" or "and". For example, if you want to search for paraglider incidents at Hay Bluff, for best search results select paraglider from the drop down list and the "and" option.

If you want to search by incident date, please enter the day, month and year numerically as dd-mm-yyyy (eg. 03-12-2019).

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 32 entries for rigid hang glider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports

Date 22.09.2012	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: P Flying Experience: 34 years 900 hours 1300 flights	Location Sywell Aerodrome, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate	Wing Type Rigid Hang Glider Wing: AIR Atos C Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary On launching the pilot could not move left hand down to base bar as it had become jammed in the join between upright and rear wire. Pilot was able to continue launch with one hand and then release jammed hand.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 04.05.2012	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 44 years 470 hours 1050 flights	Location Pontlottyn, Wales, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Rigid Hang Glider Wing: AIR Atos N Launch Type: Foot	Summary While on a soaring flight the pilot heard a noise and noticed one of the side wires had come off. The glider stabilised and he was able to grab the wire and hold it in place. Pilot landed safely. Pip pin not correctly inserted.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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