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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 31.03.2003 (B3604)	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: CP	Location Crows Hall, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Amour Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot allowed glider to go off-line during aerotow. Possibly flying too slow.	Injury Pilot: Concussion and bruising
Date 30.03.2003 (B3602)	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: AP	Location Shining Tor, UK Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Icaro Laminar St Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Bruised ribs.
Date 30.03.2003 (B3601)	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: CP	Location Hill Farm, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Java Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Low level weak link break leading to difficult landing.	Injury Pilot: Minor bruising of thumb.
Date 27.01.2003 (B3585)	Pilot Female Age: 37 Rating: CP	Location Macher,Lanzerote., Spain Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Broken humerus left arm
Date 21.01.2003 (B3583)	Pilot Female Age: 33 Rating: CP	Location Wallably Ranch, US Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing Falcon 170 Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Broken leg and dislocated ankle
Date 19.01.2003 (B3582)	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: CP	Location Thornhill, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: LAMINAR Mr700 Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 18.01.2003 (B3581)	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: CP	Location Edenfield, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Aeros Target Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Broken right humerus
Date 11.01.2003 (B3580)	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: FLPA	Location The Tarn Farm, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Java 155/Mosquito Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary No details available	Injury Unknown
Date 13.10.2002 (B3569)	Pilot Male Age: 39	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Icaro Mars Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Glider drifted off to the right during low tow launch, student turned right instead of left causing glider to turn more quickly, impacted the ground heavily.	Injury Pilot: Bruised eye, stiff neck (later)
Date 12.10.2002 (B3568)	Pilot Male	Location Bell Hill, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Extreme Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Unknown

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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