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Year: All: Ordered by Submission Date
Total Records: 231

	Title/Location/Remarks		Incident Date:Time
	Full Collapse on Takeoff - 50 to 75 Foot Fall to G New
	Location: Chapel Hill, Pennsylvania		04/19/2008:06:00 PM		View Details
	Remarks: On April 19, 2008 around 6:20 pm I encountered a massive downdraft on takeoff which caused a collapse of approximately 95% of my wing around 50 to 75 feet in the air. I have over 800 hours experience and was flying a reflex wing and a low attachment weight shift motor. I was not in reflex mode whe (read more --->
	Muffler exhaust harness fire New
	Location: Private Site, Magnolia, Delaware		04/18/2008:1700		View Details
	Remarks: Muffler pop rivet sheared off while in flight, which then allowed muffler exhaust to rotate in 360°. Once the muffler was free to rotate it then melt and caught fire to harness. It was like someone touched me with a match and I smelled something burning and landed ASAP. Once on the ground I notice (read more --->
	Sinking air - wing quit flying New
	Location: Bossier City, LA		04/20/2008:18:45		View Details
	Remarks: Flying alone, low and slow (5' agl) above a flat, open crop field (crops not growing yet). Heading was directly into the wind. The 10 minute flight up to this point had been pretty smooth but wind was variable from maybe 3 to 9 mph (or so). I was about 200 yds from a group of 2-story apartment bu (read more --->
	Line in Prop on Forward Inflation New
	Location: Bellingham, WA		03/09/2008:12:00		View Details
	Remarks: Light winds, but gusty from upwind trees, hill. Forward inflation, right after chute overhead, wind gust must have died, chute and lines went slack and I was not quick enough to get moving. An A line got in the prop, yanked the line out of the chute and destroyed the prop. Line never broke. No in (read more --->
	Failure to connect leg straps
	Location: Near Hartford, CT		03/30/2008:5:00 pm		View Details
	Remarks: After a day of short flights, I was going to join two other pilots for a short XC. In rush to take off so not to make other pilots wait, I failed to clip in leg and chest straps. FB has very tight ground handling straps and under arm 'comfort bars', therefore when launching unit picked me (read more --->
	Rotor Incident - Hill Flying - Life-Flight Needed
	Location: Abbott, Arkansas		03/14/2008:1830		View Details
	Remarks: This was the pilots first flight in over 6 months. Wind conditions were slightly gusty in the rual Arkansas valley area, blowing 5-10mph. Accident location is 1.5 miles south of Abbott, Arkansas, road intersection CR-71 & CR-210/CR-64. Take a look at http://tinyurl.com/2vqjyw click on "hybrid" a (read more --->
	Collapse and crash
	Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado		01/06/2008:14:30		View Details
	Remarks: I had put up my gear once due to some doubt about the conditions, but watched the wind sock for a while and decided to give it a try. The wind was 7mph SE and seemed to be steady at liftoff where I climbed to 300ft/agl. I felt something very different in the handling of my wing and after checking my (read more --->
	Quad Cartwheels Like a Sprint Car
	Location: Casa Grande, AZ		12/29/2007:1600		View Details
	Remarks: Pilot began the takeoff with the wing coming up slightly to one side and attempted to correct and center the wing. Oscillations ensued and the pilot chased them with brake input for a hundred feet or so before reducing power and slowing down. At that point it seemed the pilot regained control, full (read more --->
	Trike rollover crash
	Location: St George, UT		12/28/2007:15:00		View Details
	Remarks: Wing came up hard on left side during trike launch. Tried to get under wing by turning and brake input. But did not let off the throttle and lifted off with wing still swinging. This resulted in the trike hitting the ground and rolling. Only the prop was broken. Link to video: http://www.youtube.c (read more --->
	Trike Rollover With Injury
	Location: Albuquerque, NM		09/30/2007:0900		View Details
	Remarks: On takeoff, the student pilot got into an oscillation and did not abort when instructed. The trike rolled over on its side and the student put his arm out. The force of impact broke his collar bone. This machine had good roll protection but requires the pilot to keep his arms tucked in during a rol (read more --->
	Over Braking
	Location: Sayre, Alabama		10/15/2007:4.30 P.M.		View Details
	Remarks: Climb out to the usual 8000 feet and shut the motor down to approach the LZ. At 1000 feet agl I pulled the brakes off and on to swing forwards and slow the glider down. Slowly pulling the brakes harder and harder and decided to pull them down a little further than usual. All of the sudden the tra (read more --->
	Wing gets a Big Hole in it!
	Location: South Florida Beach		12/18/2007:15:00		View Details
	Remarks: Preparing out to lay wing to launch and didn't realize it was sitting on a small smoldering log. a 12" diameter hole was burnt in the top. The ribbing was also damaged. Hopefully it will be repairable. I couldn't see the hole when kiting it up but realized there was something wrong when it would (read more --->
	Motor Out Over Water- New Motor built on Friday at
	Location: South Florida Beach		11/19/2007:15:00		View Details
	Remarks: This is a brand new motor. The fourth flight. After 5 min of warm up, the take off was ok but seemed to not have full power maybe 75% at full throttle. After 5 minutes I was flying over the sea at about 250' at a 45 deg angle from the beach. I always pre-think an emergency landing. The motor we (read more --->
	Potential Accident Avoided
	Location: beach, south florida		12/19/2007:15:00		View Details
	Remarks: The Beach looked clear of debris. Kited the wing a few times. The lines fell on a small piece of wood. Often I would ignore this and still pull up the wing and launch but something told me to take a look at the line. It had been sitting on a festering piece of coal that burnt through the line she (read more --->
	Engine out emergency landing
	Location: Warrenton, VA		09/02/2007:0830		View Details
	Remarks: Twenty minutes after an uneventful launch and cruising at approximately 300' AGL over open horse farms in Northern Virginia, there was an audible 'pop' and the engine quit. With minimal wind affecting the choice of landing spots, I performed a couple turns and landed in a pasture next to a fence alo (read more --->
	Engine out
	Location: Savanna,IL		09/29/2007:0630ct		View Details
	Remarks: After takeoff from tarmac (blacktop ramp) at airport, engine quit aprox 400 feet up on climbout. Made a left 360 and landed uneventfully. This problem has surfaced before. Engine would stop after about 10 to 15 mins. Sometimes after an hour. Engine was bought new 2 years ago. Time aprox 20 t (read more --->
	Throttle cable detached from carb after take off
	Location: Cape Coral, Fl.		05/12/2007:09:30		View Details
	Remarks: Shortly after take off at about 300 feet AGL, the engine went to idle and would not accelerate. I picked an open area in a marshy mangrove and landed. The cable had come off at the carburator. The unit was brand new and it was my 5th flight. The E clip that holds the throttle on the carb was gone (read more --->
	Prop hits gas tanks during fall
	Location: Ohio		08/01/2007:1200		View Details
	Remarks:  According to a video and comments, the pilot was launching when he lost his balance and fell. The prop flexed into the gas tank which spewed fuel as the prop broke. There was no fire. Prop chards traveled over 40 feet. The manufacturer is said to offer a mod the reduces the chance of this happe (read more --->
	Crash after engine quit in low-level maneuvering
	Location: Ohio		08/01/2007:1200		View Details
	Remarks:  The pilot reported that he was doing low level maneuvers and reacted improperly after the engine quit. Apparently a wire or plug came loose from the ignition system. He was doing a 180 degree turn and, when the engine quit, had limited options of landing places. The options being trees, campers (read more --->
	Tree Brush and Landing Injury
	Location: WAP, Warrenton, VA		09/03/2007:1005		View Details
	Remarks: During landing approach after almost 2 hours of ideal flying, a wind gust around a treed area just prior to the grassy landing area. It made me graze the top of a large pine tree. I flew at least another 50 yards toward the left, finally touching down on top of the sheet metal roof of a large new (read more --->
	prop hit shoulder
	Location: ann arbor michigan		09/13/2007:2100		View Details
	Remarks: I had been having trouble starting my engine, hadn't got it started in about 2 months. I got some advice for an adjustment to make to the engine that should make it start. I did the adjustment not believing it would work, because nothing else had. Well, it did work, and I was not braced for full t (read more --->
	Used Gear and No Instruction Leads To Serious Acci
	Location: Idaho Rd & US 60 - Phoenix, AZ		09/02/2007:19:00		View Details
	Remarks: An older male pilot crashed into 80' light poles along the US 60 Hwy near the Idaho launch site. The pilots wing impacted top of the light pole and the pilot, motor and trike fell to the ground. The pilot was taken to the hospital with severe injuries. It seems he was flying alone and never received (read more --->
	Finger in prop
	Location: Oklahoma		08/30/2007:20:00		View Details
	Remarks: Zero wind. Set up for a power assisted forward (PAF). Applied 1/4 to 1/3 power to generate wind for launch. Reduced power to idle. Began inflation, got pulled back, applied full power. Hands got pulled into reinforced rigid cage/netting, prop contacted left middle finger only. Middle knuckle (read more --->
	Hands hit by prop jumpstarting motor
	Location: PRA - Maricopa, AZ		10/10/2004:0700		View Details
	Remarks: Note: Report submitted 2007-08-15. Battery on paramotor was dead. I jump started the paramotor with jumper cables and my car. After starting the paramotor I was removing the jumper cables from the car. I was facing the car and the paramotor was running, sitting on the ground to my right and slig (read more --->
	blown launch
	Location: coastal park		08/14/2007:1830		View Details
	Remarks: Even with 6 years and 300+ hours PPG time, mistakes can be made. The field was a small town park with a soccer field. This field is only flyable with a southwest wind as that's the only way out past obstructions (houses and trees). For experienced pilots only, nevertheless it's a very nic (read more --->
	Hand hit by prop
	Location: Florida beach site		03/05/2007:1200		View Details
	Remarks:  New pilot was launching on the beach when a "pretty mean" gust of wind caused him to fall onto his back and, following natural instinct, he put his hands back to cushion the fall. His left hand went through the netting and into the prop, catching the prop tip. By his own account he was extrem (read more --->
	Net & prop failure during flight
	Location: Greenwood, IN		07/28/2007:09:25		View Details
	Remarks: This was the first flight since I had re-assembled my cage and netting from a previous mishap. I used a turnbuckle to get the net tensioning rope tighter than it had been previously. Approx. 15 minutes into the flight while cruising at 200-300' AGL, there was a thud and the propeller blew apart. (read more --->
	fuel trash
	Location: landing zone area		06/29/2007:6:30PM		View Details
	Remarks: Had been cruising around after a perfect launch and was flying mostly about 2000 ft above ground level for almost 2 hrs. Started running low on fuel and was beginning to climb out to the highest altitude possible that the fuel would allow so I could come in without power as I always do. I had bee (read more --->
	Water Landing/Drowning
	Location: Indianapolis, Indiana		06/30/2007:2300		View Details
	Remarks: Pilot was doing footdrags over water, approximately 150 feet from shore. Pilot apparently misjudged the water surface and got dragged in. The pilot and motor immediately sank to the length of the lines, while the glider stayed partially inflated on the surface of the water. Pilot managed to free (read more --->
	Engine-Out During Cruise
	Location: Waverly,Ohio		07/10/2007:0635		View Details
	Remarks: After pre-flight and motor run-up,launch was smooth and near effortless w/trike.Upon reaching 350'agl I cruised the area and was preparing to take a XC flight of about 25 miles when the engine suddenly died. I gave some brake to prevent wing surge and scouted the area for a sweet place to land. A fr (read more --->
	Friction knot in wing lines
	Location: Sod farm, North Hadley, MA		07/08/2007:9:00		View Details
	Remarks: I had many failed foward launch attemps. Very difficult to get the wing overhead -- kept falling back and to the left (even in a good breeze). I fell on my cage twice on the left, causing minor bending of my dual-hoop cage. Other pilots corrected my arm position to get more "oomph" on my forward, an (read more --->
	Wing stall on landing
	Location: Sod farm, North Hadley, MA		06/09/2007:9:00		View Details
	Remarks: I was watching a fellow pilot land in a large field. Pilot had been flying for about an hour before I showed up. Pilot came in for approach into the wind, and started brake input too soon. Flare was slow, to try and have full brake on arrival, but wing began to stall 8-10 feet in the air, causing fo (read more --->
	prop strikes arm
	Location: Massey MD airport		06/26/2007:9:30 am		View Details
	Remarks: I took off and got up to 1000ft. I let off the throttle and got back on it. Then it stalled. Landed at the airport. I started to adjust the carb. Started it a couple of times. The last time it went full throttle on me. I had my hand holding frame but it pushed on top of me. I felt the prop h (read more --->
	Loss of Thrust
	Location: Orange City, IA		06/19/2007:1930		View Details
	Remarks: I was approximately 25 minutes into a relatively uneventful flight with another PPG and a hot air balloon all taking off at the same location. I was about 2 miles from the LZ, flying at 500' AGL when I experienced a sudden loss of RPM and was unable to climb or even maintain level flight. My (read more --->
	Slope start, foot strikes prop
	Location: Europe		06/13/2007:21:00		View Details
	Remarks: The terrain was about two wing spans wide and 50 feet long, flat, covered with foot-high grass. After the 50 feet the terrain started falling off to reach an about 45 degree slope within 30 feet. Below launch were mostly vineyards running 90 degrees across my take-off direction with just a few smal (read more --->
	Fly through tree and hit the ground hard
	Location: Dallas, Texas		05/12/2007:0900		View Details
	Remarks: Took off without incident until I decided that I wanted to be all the way into my seat before I reached a safe altitude.. 1st mistake: Had throttle on top of brake toggle. 2nd mistake: Took hand off throttle for a second to release brake and push into seat. Result: Lost much greater than ex (read more --->
	Tree Landing
	Location: Michigan		03/21/2007:1810		View Details
	Remarks: Careless throttle led to wing collapse, tree landing. I had just taken off to the west from the SE corner of a friends lot, just S of the RC runway which is E-W. I carelessly let the throttle go to idle shortly after passing 80 ft. I failed to appreciate the severity of the surge and applied power. (read more --->
	Rushed Landing
	Location: s. fl lz		05/01/2007:10:30		View Details
	Remarks: Rushed landing, wife was frantically waving hands to land, 15 mins after takeoff. A "madwoman" verbally attacked her and my ppg partner to leave her beach and police have been called. I did not know this, it seemed like an emergency. Wind was E at 5 mph S. Florida. I rushed landing, tight turn, S (read more --->
	Speed Bar Line Caught On GPS Mount During Reverse
	Location: Phoenix, AZ		04/01/2007:07:30		View Details
	Remarks: I have flown with an aviation style GPS and mount hooked to the left comfort/spreader bar many times without any incident or thought of potential problems until this day. Set up for a reverse, wing came up normally, kited a bit, turned and took off. On climb out I noticed a slight turning tendency a (read more --->
	Close call, engine out over the ocean
	Location: Local beach site		03/25/2007:13:00		View Details
	Remarks: While cruising down the beach front at 40 foot altitude, I approached a 200 foot long fishing pier. To avoid flying over the pier, I turned seaward and began a gentle climb parallel to it. I rounded the end of the pier and began to glide back toward the beach at about 75 feet up when my engine sputt (read more --->
	Helicopter Flies to Close to Powered Paraglider
	Location: Huntington Beach California		03/24/2007:1430		View Details
	Remarks: I was flying off the coast of Huntington Beach California. A helicopter flew in very close proximity to me causing a full wing collapse. I was approximately 500 feet AGL. I was violently whipped around in my harness and at one point I was upside down. the controls were jerked from my hand and end (read more --->
	Hard Landing-Running out of fuel
	Location: Panama City Beach, FL		03/09/2007:1200		View Details
	Remarks:  I took off at 10AM from a sandy beach with winds around 9-12 from the southwest. At launch I had 3/4 tank of fuel. I had logged gas consumption from numerous flights so I knew I had over 2 hours airtime at cruise. At 1130 I checked my tank volume (with hand-held mirror) and noticed it was lower (read more --->
	Crash into pole on landing
	Location: Ventura, CA		03/05/2007:18:15		View Details
	Remarks: On approach to landing, I lined up with a 20 foot-wide road on a small hill above a beach site. I fixed my attention on a small tree in the far distance (which happened to lie in a direct line of sight with the center of the road.) At about 20 feet AGL, I cut the engine and prepared to flare. At thi (read more --->
	Wirestrike/Fire
	Location: Non-USA		03/01/2007:1200		View Details
	Remarks: A pilot was flying along where the ocean meets the land at relatively low altitude. He suffered a motor failure and had to decide whether to go into the water or land. He chose the land but did not see power lines until it was too late. When he contacted the wires, power surged through his cage a (read more --->
	Crash Into Trees
	Location: Phoenix, AZ		02/10/2007:0900		View Details
	Remarks: The pilot set up for launch toward the south. The wind switched, making him have to set up more southeast which was towards a large building and nearby trees. He probably figured it would be easy to turn before getting to the trees. He launched and, before he could turn, was upon the trees. He fi (read more --->
	Parachutal Stall from 80 feet
	Location: Memphis, TN		01/19/2007:0900		View Details
	Remarks: Pilot was flying with a friend and using someone else's very small wing. He was trying to fly slowly when he flew through the another PPG's wake and entered parachutal stall. He described it as falling out the sky but with his wing fully inflated overhead. He stayed on full power for the short d (read more --->
	The danger of distraction - prop safety again
	Location: CT		01/28/2007:1400		View Details
	Remarks: We all (hopefully) know that starting your motor on the ground is one of the major sources of PPG injuries. We also know that distractions can break your routine and lead to an accident. I was flying at a new, very large, field. Intending to do some touch and goes I blipped my kill swit (read more --->
	Water landing from foot drags
	Location: Chapala, Mexico		01/18/2007:17:30		View Details
	Remarks: While flying back through a tourist area over the lake, I decided to try my first water foot drag. Water was glass, stable winds. In front of some restaurants with some 100 onlookers, I came down, extended my foot, and did a 5 foot drag or so and lifted up. I then came down for another drag and m (read more --->
	Kill Switch Failure and Stuck Throttle
	Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico		11/23/2005:17:00		View Details
	Remarks: I was on a refresher course, partly to experience launches at higher elevations. The inflation seemed OK and I was gradually applying power, anticipating another successful take-off. During the run I noticed that my left hand was gripping the brake handle such that I couldn't squeeze the throttle be (read more --->
	Low altitude Motor out under Full Power
	Location: Texas City Levee, Texas		01/01/2007:12:30		View Details
	Remarks: Mr. Murphy has wanted to be friends with me for about the past month sticking his head around the corner every couple of days of flying time. The problem I have had is one of two wires breaking that go to the ignition coil. I had to add wire as when the original connector broke, they became too s (read more --->
	Gasoline leaking from motor while strapping it on
	Location: Mobile, Alabama		12/29/2006:12:00		View Details
	Remarks: I have a new blackhawk 172cc motor and am working on breaking it in before I fly it. I have been trying to put the motor on and stand upright with it to practice moving about the field with it on me before I make my first flight with it. Two times I have had gasoline spurt out from somewhere withi (read more --->
	Parachutal Stall
	Location: Midwest		12/20/2006:0900		View Details
	Remarks: Had been flying for about 25 minutes in the variable NW wind. While banking low, as soon as my wing was perpendicular to the wind, I felt it drop back. I immediately knew what was happening (just not why) and it went into a parachutal stall. Fell from about 40 feet while parachutal -- may 15 feet/se (read more --->
	Touching Wintip on Ground
	Location: IL		07/19/2006:0900		View Details
	Remarks: Pilot was doing steep turns close to the ground over corn, occasionally touching the wingtip in the corn. During one particularly low try, the wing caught in the corn and pulled the pilot down. (read more --->
	Bad Launch that Ended in the Surf
	Location: Ocean Site		12/01/2006:0000		View Details
	Remarks: The pilot was doing a forward launch into a 2 knot wind on the beach. He was just getting airborne when he reached the waters edge. His prop touched the water and it was all over. He went down less than 50 feet from the beach but it was a little too deep to stand. His rig sank slowly and he was (read more --->
	Fall in light, switchy winds. Fractured Fibula
	Location: Sea Level flat area		11/01/2006:0000		View Details
	Remarks: We were launching from an asphalt runway with light shifting winds and trees on both sides. After resetting a couple of times, I did a reverse, looked up to see a full canopy and then applied power just as the left side collapsed. When it reinflated, it jerked me pretty hard and I came down wrong (read more --->
	Motor out, crash into fence
	Location: Flat ground		08/26/2006:0000		View Details
	Remarks:  The pilot had been flying circuits around a familiar PPG field and knew he was low on fuel but figured he could get one more lap. During the climbout for that lap, his motor died out from fuel starvation. He spent a second or two trying to work the throttle in an effort to keep it running for (read more --->
	Crash into corn
	Location: Midwest		08/25/2006:0000		View Details
	Remarks: The pilot was doing steep low-level manuevering over a corn field, namely steep turns. His wingtip touched the ground and pulled him into the corn. At the time, corn would have been about 6 feet tall. He was not trying to touch the wingtip, it just got steeper than he expected. (read more --->
	Beware of unimproved runways, especially the armad
	Location: Fort Smith, AR		11/08/2006:16:45		View Details
	Remarks: Launching and landing in a mowed pasture, semi-wet from a hard rain two days prior to mishap. Landed with engine off. After landing, kept the wing overhead by walking forward briskly and up a medium incline (errosion mound)in order to drop wing on dry ground. While walking up the incline (read more --->
	Unexpectedly strong rotor. Lake Shelbyville, IL
	Location: Timberlake Golf Course, Sullivan, IL		10/21/2006:16:30		View Details
	Remarks: The pilot had launched into conditions where the wind was from the SSW and there were trees on the edge of the lake about 900 feet to his south. The launch went well and the flight went well to a point. Launch Code forecasted the winds to be at 9mph out of the SSW dropping to 6mph by dusk about 1 1/ (read more --->
	Water Landing/Drowning
	Location: Florida		10/11/2006:1100		View Details
	Remarks: Updated Information comes from the pilot's friend who was watched it happen. Sunday Columbus Day Weekend Sergio and I agreed to meet in Wellington (West of PalmBeach) He led me to a residential area still under development where one of his two brothers lives in. He had scouted a launch area (read more --->
	Bad launch results in knee injury
	Location: Greenwood, Indiana		07/16/2006:1900		View Details
	Remarks: There was maybe 5mph steady wind, so I did a reverse launch. The wing came up and looked straight, so I turned and started running. The wing started diving off to the right, so I corrected with brake input and running direction. I overcompensated, and the wing came up and went too far over to the (read more --->
	Fatal Midair Collision
	Location: Albuquerque, NM		10/09/2006:0800		View Details
	Remarks:  While flying a morning session of practice and general familiarity, a collision occured between two powered paraglider pilots. Pilot Y was flying a yellow wing in an east direction, climbing slowly and in a shallow turn to the right. Pilot B was flying a blue wing in an east-southeast direction (read more --->
	Bat gets stuck in ppg net during flight.
	Location: scottsdale,az		08/21/2006:7pm		View Details
	Remarks: Flying my ppg with approximately 15 minutes of daylight left, a good size vampire type bat w/ fangs flew into my netting about 1 ft from my head. I thought the bat was going to start biting my neck. The bat got stuck in the net but was freeing himself so i stayed heavy on the throttle so the bat cou (read more --->
	Fall during launch due to wrapped brake line
	Location: Chatfield Res. Littleton Colo.		09/12/2006:1800		View Details
	Remarks: Pilot got a brake line wrapped around the palm of the left (Not Throttle) hand during setup. Using a forward launch the wing inflated correctly but started to turn to the left as soon as the pilot began to accelerate. Pilot followed the wing around and lifted about 3 feet off the ground. He imme (read more --->
	Near Drowning
	Location: Michigan		09/02/2006:1600		View Details
	Remarks: Pilot was asked by a landowner with a pond to come do some low fly-bys to get some good photos. The pilot agreed and proceeded to do about 8 foot-drags in the water, letting his feet drag in the water below and behind his cage. On the 9th run, he got just a little too low and the water started sp (read more --->
	Ankle Injury -- Wear Appropriate Footwear
	Location: Lutz, FL		09/11/1998:1000		View Details
	Remarks: As a relatively new pilot, I waited for a bit of wind that never came. As I started my run in the calm air, the wing came up, but then jerked back, as if I should have done a reverse inflation, even though there was still no noticeable wind. I hit the kill switch instantly. I was then pulled to t (read more --->
	Inflight spark plug cap disconnect
	Location: Greensboro, NC		08/17/2006:1930		View Details
	Remarks: I was flying level at cruise speed approximately 300 feet AGL. This was my first flight without my instructor. Everything was going fine and I was truly enjoying the experience. The area I was flying has many fields and open areas separated by patches of trees. I was going downwind approaching a (read more --->
	Collision with Terrain/Power lines
	Location: Loudonville,OH		07/29/2006:09:30