8145 - South African Civil Aviation Authority

1.18 Additional Information
1.18.1 None.
1.19 Useful or Effective Investigation Techniques
1.19.1 None.
2. ANALYSIS
2.1 During a low level flight following the Duzi River in a valley, with hazy conditions,
the PPC made contact with power lines that spanned the river, with the trike unit
under flying the power lines and the canopy wing overflying the power lines. During
the impact, two power cables broke off and the trike unit impacted the ground. The
PPC unit fell on its right side collapsing the right-hand main undercarriage
backwards and the left-hand main undercarriage forward.
3. CONCLUSION
3.1 Findings
3.1.1 The pilot was the correctly licensed.
3.1.2 The Powered Parachute was in good flying condition and no defects were reported
prior to impact.
3.1.3 The pilot was flying at low level in a valley.
3.1.4 Haze was present in the valley.
3.2 Probable Cause/s
3.2.1 During a low level flight in hazy conditions the powered parachute collided with
power lines at the Duzi River.
4. SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS
4.1 None.
5. APPENDICES
5.1 None.
Reviewed and amended by Office of the EM:AIID 5 Aug 2010
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