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All incident reports submitted via the new FIDA pan Europe incident reporting system after 21 January 2026 that have been approved for publication can be found below. This page will also slowly include a growing list of older incident report summaries.

Unfortunately, whilst all our old incident reports were successfully imported into the FIDA database by our German colleagues, they failed to include the status of the "publish" field used to determine if it can be made available on our website. As a result around 1,400 old reports now have to be reviewed and cross checked before they can appear here. This is a painfully slow process, and is likely to take some time to complete.

In the meantime a full list of all incident reports submitted via the old Euro system and passed for publication is available on our Incident reports Archive page

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 flexwing hang glider wings are displayed below in summary form.

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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 14 entries for flexwing hang glider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 22.03.2012 (F10586)	Pilot male Age: 59	Location Algonodales, ES Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing hang glider Wing: Aeros Target Launch Type: foot	Summary After a few soaring beats the pilot was seen to fly straight along the ridge until he collided with the ridge face.	Injury Pilot: fatal (death within 30 days after the accident), head injuries
Date 19.02.2012 (F10599)	Pilot male Age: 47 Rating: P Flying Experience: 31 years 1000 flights	Location Brighton, GB Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s), light turbulence (no pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Flexwing hang glider Wing: Icaro Laminar Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot landed heavily in tailwind due to switching winds in landing field.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), hands, arms, shoulder
Date 11.02.2012 (F10578)	Pilot male Age: 44	Location Lanzarote, ES Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing hang glider Wing: Avian Elan Launch Type: foot	Summary Student entered a turn and continued turn until colliding with the hillside.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture)
Date 01.02.2012 (F10577)	Pilot male Age: 35 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 16 years	Location Lanzarote, ES Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing hang glider Wing: Avian Amour Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot failed to make landing area and was caught in lee of sandbank. Glider dropped wing and pilot did not let go of 'A' frame.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), hands, arms, shoulder

Last updated: 18 May 2026

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