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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 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Enterprise Park, Calverton, NY -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Calverton (EPCAL) Exec Airpark (3C8) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
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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