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Pilot Details

Age: 61 Weight: 198 Gender: Highest rating held at the time of the incident: Pilot experience level:

Gear Details

Wing Brand: Model: Ozone Viper 3, size 24 Size: Paramotor Frame: Flymecc Carbon 1.1s – weight approx’ 65 US pounds with

Incident Details

December 13, 2017 Location of the incident: , Type of Incident:

I was flying at approx’ 500 feet agl heading for the coast, when it started to rain … just a drizzle at first, but became progressively worse … So I turned around to return to my take-off field (now 3 miles away). After 1.5 miles, the rain had increased to a point that I decided to ‘land-out’. I overflew some power lines, then a farm, and some fields with crops. The rain had now become MUCH worse, and I dropped down to 150 feet agl having selected a suitable landing spot next to a road. At this point, my BIG MISTAKE was to trim slower to land … as soon as I had pulled the trims down, my wing lost all forward speed and became parachutal … pitching backwards behind me for the last 30-40 feet. The first point of impact was the bottom right rear of the frame, which then rolled me violently to the right as I hit the ground. My main injury was a torn rotator cuff in my right shoulder. I still do not have a full range of movement nearly 2.5 years later … but I have sufficient to fly again :-) There is a video from my headcam of the accident on YouTube here … https://goo.gl/2LQYZY

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