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Encounter with Electrical Lines New |
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Location:
Midwest, USA |
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06/06/2009:1130 |
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Remarks: Returning to land the pilot flew about 100' parallel to the county road along which were a 43" wire cattle fence & overhead electric wires. His intention was to land right next to his vehicle. Arriving at that location at about 15' he started his turn away from the road toward the field in what ha (read
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Crash On Takeoff Leads To Fire New |
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Location:
United Kingdom |
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06/01/2009:0800 |
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Remarks: Well I tried taking off last Sunday after just fitting my speed bar and failed the first forward so set up again and noticed that the speed bar line was tight and pulling on between the left weight shift arm and the reserve.
I pulled the line up and tried for another launch but messed it up again (read
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concrete take off New |
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Location:
Waterloo, ill |
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05/30/2009: |
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Remarks: Was preparing for takeoff, the only available spot was on concrete drive way. Did not pay much attention to the surface (concrete is concrete).
There was absolutely no wind situation, so almost full throttle, ran like hell and next thing I know, 4 lines ripped apart, and attachment loop to the para (read
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2nd wing [laying on ground] damaged on launch. |
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Location:
Minooka, IL |
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05/23/2009:18:30 |
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Remarks: This was gross pilot error. The turbulence generated by a fully throttled paramotor on launch was much more than expected. The pilot felt that there was adequate clearance to safely clear another paraglider in his launch path by flying over it. [Estimated vertical clearance was thought to be 2 to 3 (read
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Fatal Tree Strike |
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Location:
Rio Verde, Rio Verde, Arizona |
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05/16/2009:19:10 |
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Remarks: The pilot was flying a PPG trike low over some desert terrain and made a banking left turn over a large tree (Palo Verde – about 25ft tall). His rear left wheel got caught in the tree for a second which slowed his forward momentum, twisting the trike to the left. As the trike twisted, the wing shift (read
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Pilot goes in water |
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Location:
ocean beach |
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05/15/2009:N/A |
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Remarks: A PPG pilot landed in deep water in light wind, into the wind. The pilot had no time to unbuckle harness straps or otherwise prepare before landing in the water. When the paramotor impacted the water, the wing continued forward pulling the pilot forward face down into and under the water. The pilo (read
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Near Calamity Contact With Prop |
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Location:
Flat, grassy field |
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05/06/2009:1800 |
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Remarks: Filers note: This conscientious, incident-free instructor has over 700 hours and 1600 flights. We must never let our guard down!
My flying buddy (Drake we'll call him) & I set up to fly about 6 pm. I have a brand new clutch-equipped unit that had only been started twice before that same morning. (read
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Cart Crashes Into Trees |
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Location:
Central California |
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04/17/2009:1800 |
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Remarks: Pilot launched and torque caused a right turn. He reported the wing as being difficult to turn and didn't turn enough to clear a large tree on a hill. The launch area has a very long runway, long enough for regular aircraft, and is wide (over 300 feet) but has trees surrounding it. (read
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Pilot doing Acro crashes into Frigid Water |
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Location:
Utah |
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04/06/2009:12:00 |
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Remarks: Pilot was doing acrobatics. During a maneuver, he was attempting to do a 360° wing tip drag over water. Pilot lost control and went into the water. A quick release harness probably saved his life. (read
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Prop strike on Foot |
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02/22/2009:1200 |
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Remarks: A very experienced pilot with more than 5 years of experience went to launch. He stumbled during the launch and went to his knees underneath him. The prop caught the cage as well as slapped his foot destroying the 3 bladed prop and several sections of the cage. That evening, the ankle was sore an (read
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Collapse at 15 feet |
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Location:
Beach site by large lake |
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01/25/2009:1700 |
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Remarks: I'd been flying around for 35 minutes taking pictures at low level during a large fly-in. Trimms were fast, leaving me more susceptible to front tuck wing deflations. The air was full of wakes from other flyers and I flew through many of them, frequently requiring brake input.
After the last (read
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Flew into a tree on take-off New |
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Location:
Callao, VA |
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01/20/2009:3 PM |
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Remarks: I took off from a short field and did not clear one of the trees. I had taken off successfully from the same field a dozen times before. I'm not sure what happened, but after takeoff, my trike began to drift to the left towards the treeline and I could not climb out above the treeline. Although the (read
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Spiral Recovery Gone Bad |
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Location:
Inland prairie site |
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01/17/2009:1000 |
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Remarks: Pilot started by performing slow turn for a filming pilot then entered a steep spiral. On recovery, he let the wing roll out out quickly to go into a wingover.
The climb that resulted from rolling out quickly caused him to get slack in the lines which allowed the wing to go limp and deform. (read
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Hit vehicle in landing zone |
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Location:
Middletown, OH |
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01/06/2009:1600 |
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Remarks: Conditions were ideal. I did a normal preflight, laid out my wing and warmed up my motor. I had difficulty with forward launches and planned to do numerous forward launch flights and practice landings.
There was just enough wind to reverse launch which I felt very comfortable with and considered (read
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Bad decision on January 1st |
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Location:
Boca Grande, FL |
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01/01/2009:13:30 |
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Remarks: I went to Boca Grande Island (such a beautiful place) to picnic with my family. It was an amazing day on the beach and the desire to fly was bigger than me (first error), even with wind coming from inland (the preannounce of problems) I took the decision to take-off after spending time thinking abou (read
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