🇺🇸United States

Pilot suffered catastrophic collapse at full speed (trims out + speed bar) at low altitude due to wing deformation caused by undetected tension knot or line misrouting. Fell approximately 85-100 feet in 4 seconds and impacted ground at 48 mph.

🇺🇸Maricopa (near Murphy and La Barca Road), United States

Pilot using a paramotor device died after crashing near a Maricopa airport early Sunday morning

🇺🇸San Antonio, Texas, United States

Pilot stalled the wing at approximately 70 feet AGL during cruise flight and could not recover. Resulted in parachute fall and minor injury. Pilot notes that altitude was critical factor - incident would have been recoverable at higher altitude.

Pilot experienced an asymmetric collapse while testing full speedbar on a Gin Carve 2 at 2,000 ft altitude in smooth conditions. Motor died during the collapse. Pilot had stowed brakes to avoid accidental input. Successfully recovered with adequate altitude.

🇺🇸Beebe, Arkansas, United States

Pilot experienced engine malfunction during cruise flight. Attempted to reach landing zone over trees but was too low to clear them. Landed in tree with no pilot injuries. Wing sustained repairable damage.

🇺🇸Flathead Lake, Montana, United States

Experienced pilot crashed while attempting a wing tip drag maneuver in a wheat field in Montana. Wing tip hooked the wheat and pulled him into the ground, resulting in a broken heel bone requiring surgery. Incident occurred after 9-day road trip with extensive flying, fatigue, and shifted risk tolerance.

🇺🇸Lancaster, South Carolina, United States

Pilot performing wingovers while descending encountered a helicopter flying at treetop level. Helicopter pilot saw PPG first and took evasive action, passing 500-700 feet away horizontally. No collision or injuries.

🇺🇸Little Compton, Massachusetts, United States

Just after take off I went to turn to the left to avoid tennis court/forest in front of me when my engine cut off completely leading to parachutal stall and a very hard landing with injuries

🇺🇸Berlin Township, Wayne County, United States

Experienced pilot Jeff died in a suspected deep stall/parachutal situation during an early morning flight in foggy conditions with mist. Reserve was deployed but didn't have time to fully inflate. Wing was found perfectly laid out, trims fully closed, with internal rib damage.

🇺🇸Maricopa, Arizona, United States

Pilot died after performing low wingovers near the ground. Witness reports he landed briefly, took off again, and went down within 5 minutes. Accident happened very quickly with no recovery possible.

🇺🇸Westport, Ohio - Scioto River (Dave Purdin Fly-In), United States

Pilot landed in river while foot dragging behind two other pilots. Got pushed into water by prop wash from pilots ahead. Stood up immediately in shallow water, took 3 attempts to launch from sandbar while soaking wet, successfully flew back to landing zone.

🇺🇸Springhill, Louisiana, United States

Experienced pilot crashed during takeoff after multiple failed launch attempts in zero/variable wind conditions. Exhausted from repeated attempts, launched toward a tree, attempted aggressive low-altitude turn to avoid it, spun out and slid into the ground. Minor equipment damage, no injuries.

🇺🇸Sand Hollow State Park, Utah, United States

Grant Thompson died in a paragliding accident when his wing collapsed while flying at approximately 100 feet altitude in thermally active conditions over hilly desert terrain.

🇺🇸Moncks Corner, South Carolina, United States

Experienced pilot encountered severe wind shear at 300 feet during early morning flight. Wing collapsed catastrophically, pilot fell through lines with line twist and hit ground in spiral. Survived with broken neck, broken back, and internal injuries.

🇺🇸United States

Exhaust silencer came loose and melted hole in gas tank during flight due to worn brass wear bushing, causing equipment damage but no injuries