Video: Paramotorist crash lands in icy waters after engine failure A video has emerged of a paramotorist suffering engine failure and landing in muddy water in Alberta Province, Canada. The footage, filmed from a helmet-mounted camera, captures the moment the pilot's engine failed as he performed a low-pass over a creek and he was forced to crash into the water. The water was actually quite shallow. I ended up sinking into mud up to hip level, this is why I had such a hard time pulling myself out" the pilot later wrote online. I didn't receive a single scratch or damage any equipment in the ordeal. The worst part was pulling my wing out of the trees and hiking back to my vehicle late at night in freezing temperatures. And yeah, the water was cold. There was a thin layer of ice on the edges of the water!