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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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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 18.06.2012 (E644)	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 38 years	Location Merthyr, Wales, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing T2C Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot mistimed landing flare and landed heavily with one hand still on upright.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 02.06.2012 (E641)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: P Flying Experience: 19 years 120 hours 302 flights	Location Swanborough, Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Litespeed S4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged wind on landing and glider stalled from 2m. Pilot did not release the uprights.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 13.05.2012 (E633)	Pilot Male Age: 65 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 46 years 2000 hours	Location Rodney Stoke, Somerset, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing Talon Launch Type: Foot	Summary Because of windy and turbulent conditions, pilot could not make normal landing field and landed in a field with cattle.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 12.05.2012 (E634)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Flying Experience: 2 hours 65 flights	Location Bradwell Edge, Deryshire, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Pulse 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student made approach to top landing but was too high. Made approach to alternate landing field but stalled one wing and landed heavily. Did not let go of uprights.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 08.05.2012 (E631)	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: P Flying Experience: 32 years 300 hours 500 flights	Location Merthyr, Wales, UK Wind Strength: 35-40 km/h Conditions: Strong, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Litespeed Launch Type: Foot	Summary While attempting to land in windy, gusty and turbulent conditions the glider dropped a wing and came down heavily from 2 - 3m.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 05.05.2012 (E629)	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 39 years 2000 hours 1000 flights	Location Malvern, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes RS Launch Type: Foot	Summary Immediately after takeoff the pilot noticed the glider handling to be wrong. VB was not working properly and glider had pronounced turn. Pilot managed to fly task and land safely. Found that VB rope was wrapped around cross tube.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 02.05.2012 (E622)	Pilot Male Age: 53	Location Hell's Mouth tow site, Cornwall, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing Condor Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Student went off line under tow and failed to correct. Glider landed heavily in a turn.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 22.03.2012 (E602)	Pilot Male Age: 59	Location Teba, Algonodales, Spain Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Aeros Target Launch Type: Foot	Summary After a few soaring beats the pilot was seen to fly straight along the ridge until he collided with the ridge face.	Injury Pilot: Fatal, Head Injuries
Date 19.02.2012 (E620)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P Flying Experience: 31 years 600 hours 1000 flights	Location Devil's Dyke, Brighton, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Icaro Laminar Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot landed heavily in tailwind due to switching winds in landing field.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 11.02.2012 (E339)	Pilot Male Age: 44 Flying Experience: 1 hour	Location El Cuchillo, Lanzarote, Spain Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Elan Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student entered a turn and continued turn until colliding with the hillside.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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