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Incident Reports (Informal)

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:

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 21.04.2007 (B4142)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: P	Location Deptford, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Litesport 4 Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot jumped into glider on aerotow launch then stalled a wing as he pushed out to prevent dropping. Locked out at low level and crashed in vertically.	Injury Pilot: Fr clavicles

Date 18.04.2007 (B4140)	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: CP	Location Wether Fell, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Solar Wings Breeze Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot misjudged approach and struck wall on landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist, cuts to head, damaged shoulder

Date 16.04.2007 (B4138)	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: Novice	Location Swanborough, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airbourne Fun 190 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student came in to land too slowly and mushed in on wheels causing break to arm.	Injury Pilot: Fr arm

Date 14.04.2007 (B4135)	Pilot Male Rating: P	Location White Mountain, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Magic 4 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Change of wind direction forced pilot to go for bottom landing field that was in rotor. Pilot landed heavily from 50ft.	Injury Pilot: Fr arm

Date 21.03.2007 (B4120)	Pilot Male Age: 71 Rating: CP	Location Combe Gibbet, UK Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Discovery 195	Summary Pilot was thrown over backwards while rigging hang glider in breezy conditions. Glider blew back damaging another wing and a car.	Injury Pilot: Concussion , bruising

Date 01.02.2007 (B4113)	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: CP	Location Woldingham, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Elan Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot crashed into tree having been lifted off hill in rotory conditions with one wing stalled.	Injury Unknown

Date 14.01.2007 (B4107)	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: AP	Location Mala, Spain Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Solar Wings Scandal Xk Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary HG pilot had mid-air with PG trainee while ridge soaring/thermalling.	Injury Unknown

Date 10.11.2006 (B4099)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP	Location Basa, Spain Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot encountered turbulence in landing area and landed heavily causing damage to glider.	Injury Pilot: Br shoulder

Date 10.09.2006 (B4086)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP	Location Sutton Meadows, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing U2 Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot went off course on landing approach due to turbulence. Glider wing tip struck tug pilot who was standing just off the runway with other pilots.	Injury Pilot: Concussion, bruising to head, sprained arm

Date 10.09.2006 (B4085)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: AP	Location Tegelberg, Germany Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Litespeed 4 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot made course correction on final approach to ensure separation from paraglider pilot. Stalled one wing in turn due to insufficient airspeed.	Injury Pilot: Dislo shoulder

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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