During a recreational beach flight, pilot Daniel Williamson struck the leading edge of another pilot's (Azmat's) Apco glider while flying too close for fun. The collision damaged 4 sections of the leading edge of Daniel's own Apco Charisma 30m wing. No injuries occurred and paramotors were undamaged.
Midair collision / Near Miss
Maximum — exactly determined
Daniel Williamson and Azmat were on a beach flight, with Azmat flying a new Apco glider for the first time. They flew for approximately 40 minutes doing low passes over the water and beach. Daniel was flying close to Azmat for fun when his paramotor struck the leading edge of Azmat's glider. The collision caused damage to 4 sections of the leading edge of Daniel's Apco Charisma 30m wing. Neither pilot was injured and the paramotors sustained no damage. The damaged wing was later repaired by Wildfire Designs in Florida (Tim).
Pilot was flying too close to another aircraft for recreation/fun, resulting in mid-air collision with the other glider's leading edge.
Not deployed
sand, beach
Wrong input triggered incident
January 11, 2025
Footlaunch
Apco
Charisma
30
Daniel Williamson
15 m
Collided
Video Title: Paramotor Hits Leading Edge Of Another Glider.. Causing A Crash.. Uploader: Daniel Williamson Upload Date: 20250111 Description: Hey everyone, welcome to another adventure! This time was NOT so epic…. But on today's flight Azmat and I go on a beach flight adventure! Azmat wanted to fly the new Apco glider for the first time! We went up and few for about 40 minutes until I hit the leading edge of the glider… No one was hurt we didn't hurt the Paramotor's but… I did hurt 4 sections of the leading edge of the Apco. A pilot I fly with some times gave my the number to Wildfiredesigns down in Florida AKA Tim, that repair most and all Ppg gliders! I learned a big lesson here on this flight and grateful no one got hurt. Flying is a dream come true. That comes with great responsibility. Flying with others is the best but can be dangerous. Always fly safe! From transcript: Pilot states after collision - 'I will not be trying to fly over gliders anymore I was having the best time ever and then I thought I really did hurt ASM luckily he didn't get hurt at all I just got my glider back this is after its repair job from from Wildfire designs down in Florida from my man Tim... I'm super grateful that Asmat didn't get hurt I didn't hurt his paramotor I actually ironically just hurt my glider it was my Appo that I struck I was just having a little too much fun I was flying a little too close and that's why we all got to always fly safe and when you fly with other Pilots to be even more cautious in the sky'