ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174224
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Date: | Monday 2 March 2015 |
Time: | 08:30 |
Type: | Paramotor |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | Unregistered |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Enterprise Park, Calverton, NY -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Calverton (EPCAL) Exec Airpark (3C8) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The aircraft impacted open field terrain in Enterprise Park southeast of the Calverton Executive Airpark (3C8), in
Calverton, New York. The foot-launched paramotor (powered paraglider) sustained substantial damage and the sole pilot onboard received serious injuries.
Sources:
https://nypost.com/2015/03/02/man-seriously-injured-in-paraglider-crash/ https://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/marcelo-ibarra-injured-in-paragliding-accident-in-calverton-1.9991680 https://riverheadlocal.com/2015/03/01/paraglider-pilot-crashes-epcal-breaks-femurs-airlifted-stony-brook/ https://riverheadlocal.com/2012/09/20/from-f-14s-to-paragliders-school-eyes-epcal-runway-for-training/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powered_paragliding Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Mar-2015 20:31 |
Geno |
Added |
04-Mar-2015 00:42 |
Geno |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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