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Pilot Details

Age: 55 Weight: 150 Gender: Highest rating held at the time of the incident: Pilot experience level:

Gear Details

Wing Brand: Model: MacPara Size: Paramotor Frame: I-Flyer with

Incident Details

December 20, 2008 Location of the incident: , Type of Incident:

Pilot was flying along the shoreline south with a SE wind. There were two 300′ tall towers inland to his right about 100′ when he caught what was believed to be turbulence off the side of the building. At 40′, the wing started boucning him around. He applied pressure to keep the wing inflated when at 20′, he found himself in a parachutal stall. The left corner of the main section of cage took the impact and absorbed the impact. Pilot walked away unharmed. No damage to the motor or netting except the main section of cage the motor mounts too. Pilot was very lucky he wasn’t higher and stalled from a higher altitude. A second pilot following the course of the first pilot was waved down early. An earlier pilot in the day opted to fly 300′ higher than the towers and never had a problem.

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