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Pilot Details

Age: 49 Weight: 220 Gender: Highest rating held at the time of the incident: Pilot experience level:

Gear Details

Wing Brand: Model: Symphony Size: Paramotor Frame: Fresh Breeze Monster with

Incident Details

March 7, 2006 Location of the incident: , Type of Incident:

The pilot had just launched when the engine quit unexpectedly. He landed next to the runway on a group of cattle gathered at a watering hole. The weight of the large motor pushed the pilot’s face down into a large quantity of cow dung. The instructor and fellow pilots refused to help–keeping their distance due to the terrible smell. The pilot eventually freed himself. He walked to a neighbor’s farmhouse and borrowed a water hose to clean himself. Lesson learned? Don’t expect your “friends” to get you out of a difficult situation.

No animals were injured in this incident.

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