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Year: 2010
Total Records: 14
   
Title/Location/Remarks Incident Date:Time    
  Crash Into Trees New  
  Location: Florida inland site, Debary   07/09/2010:1930   View Details  
  Remarks: From news report: "DEBARY -- A man trying out his motorized paraglider was injured when he crashed near a ballpark Thursday night, a sheriff's spokesman said. Thomas Evers, 50, of Sorrento suffered injuries to his leg and abdomen and was airlifted conscious and alert to Halifax Health Medical (read more --->

 
  Face Plant & Finger Loss New  
  Location: Illinois grass field   07/03/2010:   View Details  
  Remarks: Pilot was struggling with motor inflations and had been instructed by his instructor not to launch, but to wait until the instructor returned from a flight. The student elected to launch anyway. After inflation, he wound up falling face down. After falling, he inadvertantly throttled up then reach (read more --->

 
  Banking it up and wakes don't mix well.  
  Location: Main & Bliss area near Batavia, IL.   06/26/2010:20:05   View Details  
  Remarks: It was a nice calm, hot, humid evening. There may have been a wind of 1-2mph out of the NE. 5 of us were flying. The launch was not easy due to a high density altitude. The air was extremely smooth. There are corn fields on either side of a 2 lane country road. There is a clear path following a cree (read more --->

 
  fatal paraglider and truck accident  
  Location: columbia, IL   06/13/2010:10:56 a.m.   View Details  
  Remarks: KSDK -- A 40-year-old Ballwin man died Sunday morning in a paragliding accident near Columbia, Illinois. The accident happened along Ramsey Road just before 11 a.m., according to Columbia Police Chief Joe Edwards. The victim was attempting to take off from a field when he lost control of the (read more --->

 
  Starting the engine can be unsafe New  
  Location: Northeast USA   06/10/2010:1500   View Details  
  Remarks: To start off - I did not get hurt. I purchased an PPG engine from Ebay and due to information I received with it I thought I could start it and fly on my own. Boy was I wrong! I filled the gas tank and placed the engine on the bed of my truck so I could get a good pull on it. With my son watching m (read more --->

 
  power line  
  Location: farm Mount Vernon, OH   05/28/2010:20:20pm   View Details  
  Remarks: Following a pilot induced engine failure, with plenty of maneuvering altitude, I selected a suitable field for an emergency landing. Everything looked good until i decided to try for a field a bit closer to my LZ (the error) with the sun in my eyes I did not see the power lines as I crossed a road t (read more --->

 
  Tandem Helper Injured During Launch  
  Location: Florida beach site   05/11/2010:   View Details  
  Remarks: The non-USPPA tandem pilot was launching in sand with a passenger. An observer, who was not involved, ran up to help by pulling on the pilot/passenger in an effort to helpful. There was already at least one person helping and this one who ran up had not been solicited to help. Just after the pil (read more --->

 
  Bent J-bars during aerobatic flying  
  Location: Panama City Beach, FL   05/07/2010:1800   View Details  
  Remarks: At Beach Blast 2010 event 6-9 May, I was a vendor and let pilots demo new equipment. One experienced pilot and known aerobatic pilot asked to test fly a new Miniplane standard model PFS 125cm. I agreed but did not give any specific suggestions even though I knew him to be an aerobatic pilot and shou (read more --->

 
  Dust Devil Encounter  
  Location: "Grasslands" Los Lunas, New Mexico   03/28/2010:1730   View Details  
  Remarks: A friend and I were flying around 4:30pm for about 10 minutes when we decided to land and wait for the air to get a little more calm. The winds weren't gusting, but changing dirctions often. As 530pm came, the winds seemed to stabilize from the south at a light 3-5mph, light enough a forward launc (read more --->

 
  Line over  
  Location: Smyrna Airport Smyrna, DE   03/17/2010:1730   View Details  
  Remarks: On launch I did not realize I had a line or lines over top right side of glider. Once in harness it made it worst, I could not brake it off. and climb rate was very little to none. I flew the glider the best I could. Missing powerlines, swamps/marsh, trees Upon looking for a crop field with little o (read more --->

 
  Impact  
  Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado   02/27/2010:1030   View Details  
  Remarks: I had been practicing death spirals into wing tip drags and I came out of the maneuver with more energy than I had anticipated. The wing was really far behind and me and I made the choice to come off the throttle earlier into my climb out to prevent it from stalling. I realized this meant I would m (read more --->

 
  Collision of two PPG trikes  
  Location: Valley Creek Park, El Paso, TX   02/26/2010:15:00   View Details  
  Remarks: Pilot one (not involved in the accident) attempted to launch but aborted. He was moving his wing and trike out of the runway area when the second pilot decided to launch. The first pilot's wing was moved but parked trike remained and was dead center in the take off run for the second pilot. Pilot (read more --->

 
  Kiting in Strong Winds  
  Location: Yuma, AZ   02/03/2010:   View Details  
  Remarks: Full description here: http://footflyer.com/Safety/Incidents/2010-02-Glammis/jeff_goin_vs_the_dust_devil.htm Pilot parked his motorhome on upwind and beside of a group of campers. After watching winds for 20 minutes, he did some kiting out in an more open area and found it manageable. Then he ki (read more --->

 
  Pilot Goes In Ocean  
  Location: Los Angeles, CA   01/06/2010:   View Details  
  Remarks: The very physically fit pilot was flying around the ocean waves, diving down around them, occasionally touching the tops. During one swoop, water spray caused the motor to quit and he immediately went into the water. He struggled to get out of the harness, at one point having to go down to the bo (read more --->