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Pilot Details

Age: 0 Weight: 160 Gender: Highest rating held at the time of the incident: Pilot experience level:

Gear Details

Wing Brand: Model: N/A Size: Paramotor Frame: Sky Cruiser with 18 Kn Carabiners with

Incident Details

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

After launch and flying around for 15 minutes or so, I looked to the right and discovered the right carabiner was open. I couldn’t just close it either because the load was bending up upward so the gate wouldn’t go over the lip. I landed immediately in a field, closed it and launched. The carabiner will be replaced given that I can’t be sure this didn’t overstress it.

This is sobering. Even though this is margin built in, that margin gets razor thin in such circumstance. I was likely one good bump away from a catastrophic failure. And I didn’t have my reserve on.

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