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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
• Speedrider
• Speedflyer/Miniwing
• Powered PG
• Powered HG
• 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 01.09.2005 (B3970)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: AP	Location UK	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Concept	Summary Glider was found to have been miss-rigged after having been independently serviced.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 30.08.2005 (B3969)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: AP	Location Wind Bank, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Litespeed S 4.5 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot landed in trees having misjudged turn.	Injury Pilot: Cut leg
Date 16.07.2005 (B3948)	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: P	Location Smeatharpe, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Sx3 Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Pilot crashed on tow after guillotined winch line caught on base bar then fence. .	Injury Pilot: Fr arm, bruising, grazes
Date 12.07.2005 (B3945)	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: P	Location Smeatharpe, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Extralite 137 Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot pushed out on aerotow launch. Glider dropped wing and nosed in hard.	Injury Pilot: Grazed knee
Date 03.07.2005 (B3937)	Pilot Male Rating: P	Location Mendlesham, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Aeros Kpl3 Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary After landing pilot discovered hang point pivot pin had slipped out 2cm having noticed a creaking noise while being towed into air.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 03.07.2005 (B3935)	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: AP	Location Mendelsham, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Solar Wings Scandal Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Pilot noticed that kingpost wires were incorrectly attached.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 18.06.2005 (B3928)	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: CP	Location Rushup Edge, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Calypso Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Tow rated pilot got into difficulties when attempting to ridge soar having hill launched. Pilot landed heavily behind trees.	Injury Pilot: Bruising
Date 15.06.2005 (B3925)	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: CP	Location Plaine Joux, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Aeros Target 16 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary It is believed that the pilot clipped a tree in light conditions and fell 15m to the ground. The pilot was wearing a cycle helmet which contributed sighnificantly to the seriousness of the head injuries!.	Injury Pilot: Fr skull, fr ribs
Date 06.06.2005 (B3919)	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: CP	Location Col De Forclaz, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot was crashed into by out of control paraglider pilot while waiting on ramp to take off.	Injury Pilot: Gashed leg, bruised shoulder
Date 06.06.2005 (B3918)	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: CP	Location Annecy, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot had to land in emergency field having left it too late to make official field. Glider nosed in in long grass as pilot could not locate harness zip and had to land on wheels.	Injury Pilot: Bruised ribs

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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