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Once passed for publication, all new incident reports submitted via the FIDA pan Europe incident reporting system will be made available on this page.

In the meantime all the 2025/6 reports submitted via the Euro system, and passed for publication before it was shut down, can be found below. Reports submitted via the earlier BHPA online reporting system can also be found below.

This page will slowly include the remaining incident report submitted via the old Euro system.

Unfortunately, whilst all of these reports were successfully imported into the FIDA database by our German colleagues, they failed to include the status of the "publish" field which determines if a report can appear on our website.

As a result around 1,400 old Euro reports have to be reviewed and cross checked before they can be included here. This is a painfully slow process, and is likely to take some time to complete.

All incident reports submitted via the old Euro system, and approved for publication, are however available on our Incident Reports Archive page

Summaries of published incident reports are available for the following wing types:

You can also search the BHPA incident reports database by incident date, pilot, location, wing type, etc. For example, if you want to search for paraglider incidents at Hay Bluff, select paraglider from the drop down list, and enter Hay Bluff in the search box with the "or" option selected.

To search by incident date, please enter the day, month and year numerically as dd-mm-yyyy (eg. 03-12-2019).

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If known, total flights flown and flights flown in the past six months are displayed below, the latter being displayed in brackets.

There are 277 published incident report summaries for Flexwing Hang Gliders

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Date

Pilot

Location

Wing Type

Summary

Injury
Incident Reports
Date
01.07.2001

(B3295)
Pilot
Male

Age:
39
Location
Serra Do Loranco,
Spain

Wind Strength:
24-32 km/h

Conditions:
Thermic

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Icaro
Laminar Mrx 2001st13

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)

Summary
Pilot forced to land on wheels after xc flight. Wheels snagged in ruts in the field the pilot swung through control frame.
Injury
Pilot:
Dislocated elbow.
Date
23.06.2001

(B3291)
Pilot
Male

Age:
54

Rating:
P
Location
Mendlesham,
UK

Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Solar Wings
Rumour 2

Launch Type:
Winch Tow

Summary
Pilot drifted off line during tow flight after long lay-off, the tow was aborted and the pilot crashed in long grass.
Injury
Pilot:
Sprained neck
Date
09.06.2001

(B3284)
Pilot
Male

Age:
20
Location
UK

Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Hi Way
Stubby

Launch Type:
Foot (Assisted)

Summary
No details.
Injury
Pilot:
Not given
Date
01.06.2001

(B3281)
Pilot
Male

Age:
44

Rating:
AP
Location
St Vincent Les Forts,
France

Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h

Conditions:
Thermic

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Airwave
Magic Kiss

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)

Summary
Pilot failed to generate sufficient airspeed on launch glider stalled and the pilot impacted a road below launch area.
Injury
Pilot:
Fractured left heel bone, cut right elbow.
Date
29.05.2001

(B3280)
Pilot
Male

Age:
32

Rating:
AP
Location
Laragne,
France

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Summary
Side wire broke as the pilot turned above the landing area.
Injury
Pilot:
Fatal.
Date
28.05.2001

(B3279)
Pilot
Male

Age:
34

Rating:
AP
Location
Laragne (South),
France

Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h

Conditions:
Variable

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Icaro
Laminar St

Summary
Pilot accidentally released pin on parachute container whilst trying to zip harness up.
Injury
Unknown
Date
20.05.2001

(B3277)
Pilot
Male

Age:
43

Rating:
CP
Location
Private Airfield Nr Bury St Edmunds.,
UK

Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Moyes
5*6

Launch Type:
Aero Tow

Summary
Pilot failed to correct turn during launch.
Injury
Pilot:
Unhurt
Date
06.05.2001

(B3271)
Pilot
Male

Age:
61

Rating:
AP
Location
Poppitt Sands,
UK

Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h

Conditions:
Turbulent

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Moyes
Sx4 13.9

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)

Summary
Pilot launched into strong turbulent conditions, went prone in harness. The glider then stalled and the pilot swung throught the control frame.
Injury
Pilot:
Cuts to nose and left eyelid - surgery to replace skin. facial bruising.
Date
13.04.2001

(B3265)
Pilot
Male

Age:
54
Location
Cranes Corner,
UK

Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h

Conditions:
Variable

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Hi Way
Stubby

Launch Type:
Winch Tow

Summary
Student veered off course during tow launch, attempted to correct the turn but had insufficient airspeed, Student swung through control frame.
Injury
Pilot:
Broken upper arm.
Date
18.03.2001

(B3260)
Pilot
Male

Age:
39

Rating:
P
Location
Kennedy Near Nice,
France

Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h

Conditions:
Thermic

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Airwave
K4

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)

Summary
Pilkot realised wind strength had picked up considerably during flight decided to fly xc to a flatter area to land. Landed in very strong wind, was blown backward into trees.
Injury
Pilot:
Compound fracture right tibia and fibula.

Last updated: 3 July 2026

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