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Incident reports are available in summary form for the following wing types:

• All Wing Types
• Paraglider
• Flexwing Hang Glider
• Rigid Hang Glider
• Speedrider
• Speedflyer/Miniwing
• Powered PG
• Powered HG
• Other

Incident reports for powered hg wings are displayed below in summary form.

The BHPA incident reports database is fully searchable. To refine your search you can specify a particular wing type and select "or" or "and". For example, if you want to search for paraglider incidents at Hay Bluff, for best search results select paraglider from the drop down list and the "and" option.

If you want 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 hours and total flights flown are displayed below together with hours and flights flown in the past six months, the latter being displayed in brackets.

There are 32 entries for powered hg wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 01.09.2001	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: CP	Location Oxboro Set-Aside, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered HG Wing: Airwave Doodle-Bug/Magic Iii Launch Type: Powered Engine: radne, racket 120	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 05.05.2001	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P	Location Near Doncaster, UK	Wing Type Powered HG Launch Type: Powered	Summary Farmer found pilot in field with serious head injuries.	Injury Pilot: Serious head injuries, unconscious for several days. possible brain injury. right ulna fracture.

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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