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Pilot Details

Age: 0 Weight: 180 Gender: Highest rating held at the time of the incident: Pilot experience level:

Gear Details

Wing Brand: Model: N/A Size: Paramotor Frame: Walkerjet with

Incident Details

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

An experienced pilot came into town and brought a pilot who was said to be highly skilled. He borrowed a motor from a local friend and went to a fairly confined launch that works best only in certain ideal winds. The winds were not ideal but the sea-level pilot decided he would “be just fine”. He set up close to trees and the local pilot expressed his hesitancy about the whole affair but the out-of-towner brushed it off.
<br. The launch quickly went bad and he hit a small tree. His too-late turn to avoid that tree put him into another small tree. He let off the power and hit the ground hard. His cage absorbed the impact and he was extremely lucky to walk away from it.

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