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Pilot Details

Age: 43 Weight: 210 Gender: Highest rating held at the time of the incident: Pilot experience level:

Gear Details

Wing Brand: Model: 2003 Sol Yaris L afnor 1-2 Size: Paramotor Frame: 2003 Fresh Bresh Old style comfort bars 72lbs with fuel with

Incident Details

January 30, 2008 Location of the incident: , Type of Incident:

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 equipment decided to land and pack it in. On approach to my LZ I noticed the wind direction had changed 90 degrees and was now coming from the west which was across the front range of the rockies 5 miles to my west. I took a 90% deep asymmetric on the right side of my wing that dropped me down and spun me 180 degrees to my wing. At some point during the first few seconds of deflation my throttle was wrapped causing it to go full throttle which it remained until impact with the ground.

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