KITTY HAWK, NC : Paraglider crash lands in the trees at Wright Brothers National Memorial in some tall pine trees along Colington Avenue on Tuesday, 4th June 2019
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
A paraglider that launched from the Wright Brothers National Memorial's First Flight Airport crashed landed into some trees Tuesday evening.
The crash happened around 5 p.m. in some tall pine trees along Colington Avenue.
The pilot, from Kitty Hawk N.C., tried to land on the airstrip at Wright Brothers, but he reported that turbulence caused him to land in the trees. The parachute - part of the paragliding equipment - caught the trees and left him suspended approximately 70 feet off the ground.
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