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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 01.06.2002 (B3440)	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: P	Location Mont Sarha, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Icaro Atos Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Illegible - can only glean that pilot misjudged landing approach which resulted in a crash.	Injury Pilot: Broken ulnar- l cracked humerus- r ambulance to huddersfield hospital
Date 31.05.2002 (B3438)	Pilot Male Age: 52	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 Student pushed out during tow launch causing the gliders left wing to stall, the glider turned and the left wing tip hit the ground.	Injury Pilot: Bruised right leg anmd shoulder
Date 12.05.2002 (B3432)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: P	Location Thornhill, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Solar Wings Scandal Xkr Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot misjudged landing approach and undershot the intended landing field. He collided with a tall bush resulting in the glider sustaining structural damage.	Injury Unknown
Date 11.05.2002 (B3429)	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: AP	Location Bradwell Edge, UK Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Icaro 2000	Summary Pilot approaching top landing field misjudged windstrength and made his final turn too low leaving insufficient height to clear a wall at the downwind end of the field. The pilot landed cross wind behind the wall.	Injury Unknown
Date 11.05.2002 (B3428)	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: CP	Location West Firle, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Swing Mistral 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot performing 360 degree turns whilst low. During one turn the glider encountered sinking air with the result that he was unable to complete the turn, the pilot impacted the hill.	Injury Pilot: Cracked/fractured l1 vertibrae
Date 05.05.2002 (B3426)	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: P	Location Corndon, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: La Mouette- Topless 1	Summary Following a xc flight the pilot misjudged the wind direction which resulted in a downwind landing. The glider landed on its wheels then ground looped.	Injury Unknown
Date 05.05.2002 (B3425)	Pilot Unknown	Location Monks Down, UK Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Solar Wings Scandal Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Unknown
Date 05.05.2002 (B3424)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P	Location Monks Down, UK Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Magic Iv Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot misjudged wind strength on landing approach which resulted in his landing approach being too far back behind landing field. He narrowly avoided a collision with a barbed wire fence.	Injury Unknown
Date 25.04.2002 (B3417)	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: P	Location Shinning Tor, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Amour159 Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Following a short xc flight the pilot misjudged his approach into a field clipping the roof of a barn on his final turn into wind. The glider rotated left and then inverted.	Injury Pilot: Sprained left wrist bruised hip
Date 20.04.2002 (B3413)	Pilot Female Age: 42 Rating: AP	Location Darley Mook, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Fly 2 Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary During a tandem aerotow launch turbulence caused the weak link to break. The pilot flew a downwind leg followed by an attempt to turn into wind. With insufficient height to complete the turn the pilot landed cross wind, hitting a fence.	Injury Pilot: Sore back

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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