South Side Deflation Injury

A advanced rated visiting pilot suffered an asymmetric deflation. Compounding factors may included:

- unfamiliar equipment

- unfamiliar site

- characteristically strong day ( most had stopped flying PG )

- aggressive maneuvering

- fatigue

That's a long list. We feel for the pilot because any one of those elements by itself might be easily overcome. The combination of all of them at once would generally be too much for any pilot to overcome. 

We will respectfully wait to draw any strong conclusions until the pilot and his fellow pilots can make a statement about what they feel transpired.

The pilot suffered some lower leg fractures and a pelvis fracture.