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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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• Paraglider
• Flexwing Hang Glider
• Rigid Hang Glider
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• Speedflyer/Miniwing
• Powered PG
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• Other

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 02.12.2007 (B4228)	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: Novice	Location Elco Cheo, Spain Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Student turned wrong way on approach and ended up in lee of small hill. Landed into wind but heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr humerus
Date 14.11.2007 (B4226)	Pilot Male Age: 71 Rating: CP	Location Westbury, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Aeros Top Secret Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot stalled glider attempting to take off in very light wind without required airspeed.	Injury Pilot: Minor cuts to arm
Date 27.08.2007 (B4201)	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: P	Location Cambridge aerotow, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airbourne C2 Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot flew too far down wind and was caught out by rotor from building. Pilot was preoccupied with attempting to dump 1m of line having earlier had a weak link failure in thermic air.	Injury Pilot: Cut chin
Date 26.08.2007 (B4198)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P	Location Fransham, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Java 155 Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Pilot went off-line on tow and crashed into trees.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist
Date 25.08.2007 (B4196)	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: P	Location Long Mynd, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Extralight 147 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot forgot to put tension back on glider having just landed to adjust battens.	Injury Pilot: Fr arm
Date 18.08.2007 (B4193)	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: P	Location Chabre, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Cheetah 160 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot was unable to bleed off enough speed (possible tail wind) and nosed in.	Injury Pilot: Fr humerus
Date 12.07.2007 (B4181)	Pilot Male Age: 64 Rating: Novice	Location Myhophen, Austria Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Swing Arcus 4 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Unqualified pilot spun into trees while attempting to thermal.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 26.05.2007 (B4163)	Pilot Male Age: 31 Rating: CP	Location Wether Fell, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing Sport 2 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot ended up too low for bottom landing area. Chose field that sloped down but into wind. pilot realised he was going to overshoot so went for gap in trees to see power lines on other side. tried to dive under but hit kingpost and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr leg, cut head
Date 20.05.2007 (B4157)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: CP	Location Long Mynd, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing Xc132 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary On running down hill for take off in light conditions, A frame clipped hill and caused glider to nosedive into hill damaging the upright.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 04.05.2007 (B4151)	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: Novice	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Aeros Target Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Glider went off-line slightly on tow. Student did not release A frame when glider struck ground.	Injury Pilot: Fr humerus

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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