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All incident reports submitted via the old pan Europe incident reporting system, that had been approved for publication prior to 21 January 2026, can be found below.

Incident reports submitted via the new FIDA pan Europe incident reporting system after 21 January 2026 that have been approved for publication can be found on our FIDA Incident reports page

Incident reports are available in summary form for the following wing types:

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• Flexwing Hang Glider
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Incident reports for flexwing hang glider wings are displayed below in summary form.

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There are 422 entries for flexwing hang glider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 05.04.2016 (E3104)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 15 years 30 hours	Location Dunstable Downs, Dunstable, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Aeros Discus Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost control of glider while attempting to bottom land in strong thermic conditions.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Thoracic Spine
Date 20.03.2016 (E3065)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 37 years 500 hours (5 hours) 800 flights (8 flights)	Location Model Ridge, Middlesbrough, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot landed to fix issue with harness. On relaunching the pilot forgot to do hang check and failed to notice he had not fastened his chest buckles. Pilot was able to fasten then in flight.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 13.03.2016 (E3045)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: P Flying Experience: 16 years 180 hours (24 hours) 231 flights (15 flights)	Location Pandy, Abergavenny SE Wales, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Puma Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was on his 2nd flight on high a performance glider. Light winds in landing field. The pilot misjudged his flare and the glider nosed in. Pilot swung through frame and dislocated shoulder. Minor glider damage	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 17.10.2015 (E2820)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 41 years 2000 hours (35 hours) 2000 flights (20 flights)	Location Marske, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Aeros Combat L Launch Type: Foot	Summary Hang glider nose wire person was inexperienced and released glider with a lot of tension on the nose wires. The glider turned immediately downwind despite pilot correcting and hit the ground just behind take off.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 11.10.2015 (E2826)	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 27 years 2000 hours (20 hours) 1000 flights (14 flights)	Location Mam tor, Castleton, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing T2C Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged approach having decided to execute right, then left turn to lose height, and stalled glider.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 26.09.2015 (E2732)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: Pilot (hill/winhch/aerotow) Flying Experience: 27 years 80 hours (6 hours) 230 flights (8 flights)	Location Bo Peep, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing U2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary 10 minutes into a soaring flight pilot noticed chest strap and zip pop open. Pilot climbed into uprights and made safe bottom landing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 12.09.2015 (E2689)	Pilot Male	Location Mendlesham Suffolk, Mickfield, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Light aircraft flew across the path of a hang glider that was 300m up on a winch launch. Site was clearly marked. Light aircraft continued unaware of the danger.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 01.09.2015 (E2891)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 41 years 1800 hours (25 hours)	Location Dungiven west, Nr. Ireland, Ireland	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Icaro 2000 Laminar Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot disconnected Xtube tension strop to realine rear wires. On reassembling glider he forgot to reconnect Xtube strop. When about to launch pilot noticed VB was slack and then noticed Xtube strop not connected.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.08.2015 (E2464)	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 12 years 25 hours (15 hours) 80 flights (50 flights)	Location Devils Dyke, Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio	Summary Hang glider pilot had mid-air collision with paraglider pilot. Paraglider turned to return down ridge but then flew towards hang glider. Hang glider attempted to dive clear but collided. Both were able to land safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.08.2015 (E2553)	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 25 years 32 hours 59 flights	Location Devils Dyke, Brighton, UK	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off with the nose up and one wing down. On leaving the ground the glider stall turned and rotated into the hillside.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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