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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
20.03.2011

(B4541)
Pilot
Male

Age:
52

Rating:
CP
Location
Beer Head,
UK

Wind Strength:
20-27 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Hi Way
Vision 5

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)

Summary
Pilot made good landing having lost height while attempting to soar. Lost footing on pebble beach and fell on arm.
Injury
Pilot:
Fractured humerus
Date
03.03.2011

(B4533)

Formal Report
Pilot
Male

Age:
52

Rating:
CP
Location
Mam Tor,
UK

Wind Strength:
28-34 km/h

Conditions:
Thermic

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Avian
Rio

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)

Summary
Pilot attempted 360 degree turn but struck hill before completing the turn.
Injury
Pilot:
Fatal
Date
26.01.2011

(B4529)
Pilot
Male

Age:
29

Rating:
AP
Location
Mt Beauty Airfield,
Australia

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)

Summary
Pilot was on approach to land and lost control of glider.
Injury
Unknown
Date
20.01.2011

(B4528)
Pilot
Male

Age:
19

Rating:
Under training
Location
Darley Moor,
UK

Wind Strength:
0-11 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Wills Wing
Falcon 2

Launch Type:
Aero Tow

Summary
Student failed to brace during launch and was pulled through A frame.
Injury
Pilot:
Cut chin
Date
20.01.2011

(B4527)
Pilot
Male

Age:
50

Rating:
CP
Location
Firle,
UK

Wind Strength:
28-34 km/h

Conditions:
Gusts

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Moyes
Litespeed S 4

Launch Type:
Foot (Assisted)

Summary
Pilot attempted launch from further down slope due to failed previous launch. Was not able to clear fence and crashed down slope.
Injury
Pilot:
Fractured cheek and facial lacerations.
Date
31.10.2010

(B4517)
Pilot
Male

Age:
43

Rating:
AP
Location
Lords seat,
UK

Wind Strength:
20-27 km/h

Conditions:
Variable

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Aeros
Combat L

Launch Type:
Foot (Assisted)

Summary
Pilot rigged in long grass and did not notice batten going over the leading edge instead of under. Caused turn in flight and pilot landed quickly.
Injury
Pilot:
Unhurt
Date
20.10.2010

(B4514)
Pilot
Male

Age:
45

Rating:
CP
Location
Valle de Abdalajas,
Spain

Wind Strength:
12-19 km/h

Conditions:
Thermic

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Moyes
Lightspeed

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)

Summary
Pilot was flying too slow and misstimed flare when attempting first ever upslope, crosswind landing. Landed heavily.
Injury
Pilot:
Fractured humerus
Date
28.09.2010

(B4507)
Pilot
Male

Age:
21
Location
Cox Tor,
UK

Wind Strength:
12-19 km/h

Conditions:
Variable

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Moyes


Launch Type:
Foot (Assisted)

Summary
Pilot lost control of glider while being taught by his father who was not an instructor. Pilot flew into hill downwind.
Injury
Pilot:
Fractures to femur and both humerus.
Date
31.08.2010

(B4493)
Pilot
Male

Age:
40

Rating:
Under training
Location
Wetton,
UK

Wind Strength:
0-11 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Avian
Rio

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)

Summary
Student failed to notice leg loops not attached on launch. Student began to slide out of harness and fell 7-10m onto slope.
Injury
Pilot:
Fr ribs and punctured lung.
Date
28.08.2010

(B4488)
Pilot
Male

Age:
55

Rating:
CP
Location
Long Mynd,
UK

Wind Strength:
41-48 km/h

Conditions:
Turbulent

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Wills Wing
XC

Launch Type:
Foot (Assisted)

Summary
On inspecting glider after heavy landing, pilot noticed fracture in glider keel.
Injury
Pilot:
Unhurt

Last updated: 3 July 2026

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