A 44-year-old paramotor pilot lost balance at approximately 10 meters altitude while attempting to land on the Tone River riverbed, resulting in a crash and broken hip bone.
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On February 23, 2026, just after noon, a paramotor crashed on the riverbed of the Tone River in Koyama, Bando City, Ibaraki Prefecture. The pilot lost control and crashed from a height of approximately 10 meters while attempting to land. According to the pilot's statement, he was in the process of landing when he lost balance at about 10 meters altitude and fell.
The pilot lost balance during the landing approach at approximately 10 meters altitude, leading to loss of control and crash.
riverbed
Broken hip bone (severe injury)
February 23, 2026
12:00:00
Japan
Bando, Ibaraki Prefecture
10 m
44-year-old male
Aviation Safety Network Report: A paramotor lost control and crashed on a riverbed of Tone river from a height of 10 meters just before landing after noon. The pilot sustained a severe injury of broke hip bone. FNN Japanese News Report: 茨城・坂東市で23日、モーターパラグライダーが墜落し、操縦していた男性が重傷を負いました。 23日正午過ぎ、坂東市小山の利根川の河川敷でモーターパラグライダーが墜落し操縦していた男性(44)が腰の骨を折る重傷を負いました。 男性は「着陸しようとしていて約10メートルの高さでバランスを崩して落ちた」と話しているということです。 Translation: In Bando City, Ibaraki Prefecture, on the 23rd, a motor paraglider crashed and the man piloting it was seriously injured. Just after noon on the 23rd, a motor paraglider crashed on the riverbed of the Tone River in Koyama, Bando City, and the man (44) piloting it suffered a serious injury with a broken hip bone. The man said that he was trying to land when he lost his balance and fell from a height of about 10 meters.