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Incident Details
General Information
Title: Impact
Date: 02/27/2010
Time: 1030
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Pilot Information
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Pilot weight (without motor): US Pounds
Rating:
Advanced (PPG3 or Equivalent)
Experience:
50+ Hours Solo
Incident Detail Information
Type of Incident:
Collision with Terrain/Obstruction on Ground
Primary Cause:
Pilot Error Inflight
Contributing Distractions:
Other
Windspeed:
Not Applicable
Wind Type:
Not Applicable
Thermal Conditions:
Light (Less than 300 FPM)
Visibility: clear
Surface:
Grass
Terrain:
Flat
Site Elevation: 6700 (feet above sea level)
Phase of Flight:
Other
Purpose of Flight:
Aerobatics
Safety Gear Used:
None
Helmet Full
Helmet Other
Protective Boots
Knee-pads
Elbow-pads
Wrist Guards
Reserve
Knife
Gloves
Strobe
Unknown
Communications:
Two-way Radio w/ Helmet Mike & PTT
Damage to Pilot's Equipment:
Severe (Greater than 20% of New Price)
Wing: dhv 1-2 Obsession (M)
Motor: Flat Top 200 (Super)
Injury Information
Pilot/Passenger Injury Severity:
Minor Injury (No Hospital Visit)
Hosipitalization:
None
Injuries:
None
Head
Face
Neck
Chest
Back
Abdomen
Shoulder
Arm
Elbow
Forearm
Wrist
Hand
Pelvis
Thigh
Calf
Ankle
Foot
Knee
Unknown
Collateral Damage:
None
By-Stander
Other Pilot
Animal
Property
Unknown
Narrative: 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 more than likely impact the ground and prepared to minimize the impact as much as possible. I hit hard enough to crush my cage upwards including the fuel tank which acted as an airbag below me. I had the wind knocked out of me and bruised my heel but literally was able to fly out of the impact although with a severely damaged machine and land.
Photo:
No photo on file.
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