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Pilot Details

Age: 0 Weight: 110 Gender: Highest rating held at the time of the incident: Pilot experience level:

Gear Details

Wing Brand: Model: Muse 25 Size: Paramotor Frame: Top-80 iFlyer-mini with

Incident Details

January 1, 2006 Location of the incident: , Type of Incident:

Pilot failed to fasten his Paratours helmet chin-strap before flight. In level cruise flight, the strap was sucked into the Top80 cooling fan. The pilot noticed a mild jerk and a noise, killed the motor immediately, and executed a power-out landing without incident. Pilot assumed that the strap had come loose on its own and blown through the prop.

On inspection, however, it was clear that the strap was wrapped in the Top80 starter assembly. Additionally, the starter rope had entangled (or melted into) in the strap, ripped from it’s pulley and was gone. This incident illustrates the critical need to secure any straps, jacket hoods, long hair etc. before flying any PPG with a rear cooling fan.

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