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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
01.02.2007

(B4113)
Pilot
Male

Age:
44

Rating:
CP
Location
Woldingham,
UK

Wind Strength:
24-32 km/h

Conditions:
Variable

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Avian
Elan

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)

Summary
Pilot crashed into tree having been lifted off hill in rotory conditions with one wing stalled.
Injury
Unknown
Date
14.01.2007

(B4107)
Pilot
Male

Age:
63

Rating:
AP
Location
Mala,
Spain

Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h

Conditions:
Variable

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Solar Wings
Scandal Xk

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)

Summary
HG pilot had mid-air with PG trainee while ridge soaring/thermalling.
Injury
Unknown
Date
10.11.2006

(B4099)
Pilot
Male

Age:
50

Rating:
CP
Location
Basa,
Spain

Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h

Conditions:
Turbulent

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Avian
Rio

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)

Summary
Pilot encountered turbulence in landing area and landed heavily causing damage to glider.
Injury
Pilot:
Br shoulder
Date
10.09.2006

(B4086)
Pilot
Male

Age:
50

Rating:
CP
Location
Sutton Meadows,
UK

Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h

Conditions:
Thermic

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Wills Wing
U2

Launch Type:
Aero Tow

Summary
Pilot went off course on landing approach due to turbulence. Glider wing tip struck tug pilot who was standing just off the runway with other pilots.
Injury
Pilot:
Concussion, bruising to head, sprained arm
Date
10.09.2006

(B4085)
Pilot
Male

Age:
52

Rating:
AP
Location
Tegelberg,
Germany

Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Moyes
Litespeed 4

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)

Summary
Pilot made course correction on final approach to ensure separation from paraglider pilot. Stalled one wing in turn due to insufficient airspeed.
Injury
Pilot:
Dislo shoulder
Date
09.09.2006

(B4084)
Pilot
Male

Age:
41

Rating:
P
Location
Thorn Hill, Stirling,
UK

Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h

Conditions:
Thermic

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Wills Wing
U2

Launch Type:
Aero Tow

Summary
Pilot landed in rough ground just short of landing field having hit sink and struggled with a jammed harness zip.
Injury
Pilot:
3 fr vertebrae, fr ribs
Date
02.09.2006

(B4082)
Pilot
Male

Age:
42

Rating:
AP
Location
Thoran B,
France

Wind Strength:
32-40 km/h

Conditions:
Gusts

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Airbourne
C2

Launch Type:
Foot (Assisted)

Summary
Pilot hit turbulence just prior to landing having crossed goal line in very strong and gusty conditions.
Injury
Pilot:
Torn tissue in shoulder
Date
16.08.2006

(B4075)
Pilot
Male

Age:
42

Rating:
Novice
Location
East Hill ,Rothbury,
UK

Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Avian
Elan

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)

Summary
Pilot took off on top to bottom flight but flew too slowly. Glider entered slow turn then crashed into hillside.
Injury
Pilot:
Fr cheek, nose and punctured lungs.
Date
10.08.2006

(B4073)
Pilot
Male

Age:
28

Rating:
Novice
Location
Darley Moor,
UK

Wind Strength:
24-32 km/h

Conditions:
Gusts

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Wills Wing
Condor

Summary
Student fell forward while practising running with glider.
Injury
Pilot:
Dislo shoulder
Date
05.08.2006

(B4071)
Pilot
Male

Age:
34

Rating:
Novice
Location
Brandon West,
UK

Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Aeros
Target

Launch Type:
Winch Tow

Summary
Pilot fell forward on landing and struck elbow on hard (no rain) ground.
Injury
Pilot:
Fr elbow

Last updated: 4 July 2026

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