ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68161
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| Date: | Monday 7 September 2009 |
| Time: | 15:00 LT |
| Type: | Powered paraglider |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Hooper Utah -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | local |
| local | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Motorized Paraglider with a father and son aboard (who were uninjured), were about to drop candies into a crowd made up mostly of children. Paraglider for unknown reason lost altitude and crash/landed into the crowd, striking approximately 8 persons. Two were airlifted to local hospitals.
Crash is recorded on video.
Sources:
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705328454/Small-craft-crashes-into-Hooper-park.html
video; https://www.deseretnews.com/video/1478/Plane-crash-in-Hooper-Park-video-1.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Sep-2009 10:27 | robbreid | Added |
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