Flying Wheels Playground Swings Repaired by Miracle

CPSC recall 85017. Recall date: 9 Apr 1985. Last publish date of the CPSC notice: 31 Dec 2014.

Hazard, in the words of CPSC

Fall

CPSC recall 85017 has the recall date 9 Apr 1985. The notice names the firm Miracle Recreation Equipment. The CPSC record gives no number of units. This register puts the recall under the hazard Fall. CPSC gives the product type Swing Sets.

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More of the notice

The hazard and the remedy are at the top of the page. Each quotation is the text of CPSC.

CPSC recall 85017: incidents, units, products and firms
Units	The CPSC record gives no number
Description	Flying Wheels Playground Swings Repaired by Miracle NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 9, 1985 Release # 85-017 Miracle Recreation Equipment Company To Repair "Flying Wheels" Playground Swings WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Miracle Recreation Equipment Company of Grinnell, Iowa, today announced a repair program affecting 274 "Flying Wheels" tire swings produced by the firm between 1977 and 1983. A five-year old girl in Lorain, Ohio was killed in June 1984 after part of a Flying Wheels swing fell and struck her. Flying Wheels is a playground swing consisting of four tires suspended from cross beams that rotate about a central metal shaft. The accident in Ohio occurred sometime after a weld on the unit had failed. Flying Wheels swings subject to this program were sold nationally to local park and recreation departments and to some schools and churches. From its sales records, Miracle Recreation Equipment Company will contact directly, by registered mail, each purchaser of a Flying Wheels unit to notify them of the…
Product	Flying Wheels tire swings, Swing Sets
Manufacturer	Miracle Recreation Equipment

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The recall in context

Units in this recall: not givenMedian of 1985: not given
CPSC recalls of 1985: 30
Recalls of 1985 with one of the same hazards: 7%
Recalls of 1985 in the category Swing Sets: 3%
Recalls on the register that name Miracle Recreation Equipment: 6

Other recalls of the firm

Other CPSC recalls that name Miracle Recreation Equipment
Date	Recall
24 Jun 2008	Miracle Recreation Recalls Tire Swings Due to Fall Hazard
12 Nov 2002	CPSC, Miracle Recreation Equipment Company Announce Recall of Public Playground Equipment Swing Seats
1 Sep 1993	Miracle Recreation Offers Deck Covering To Prevent Burns On Bare Metal Playground Decks
16 Dec 1987	Miracle's Flying Animal Swings are Dangerous
4 Jun 1986	Flying Gym Playground Swings Repaired by Miracle Recreation Equipment Company

Miracle Recreation Equipment: all 6 recalls

Official channels

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Recall Register. CPSC recall 85017. https://recallregister.com/product/4502-flying-wheels-playground-swings-repaired-by-miracle/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through 30 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Licence: US government work, public domain
Data retrieved: 30 Sep 2026
Newest CPSC recall on the register: 24 Sep 2026

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Questions

Does CPSC recall 85017 report injuries?: The CPSC record of recall 85017 has no incident or injury text.
How many CPSC recalls name Miracle Recreation Equipment?: 6 CPSC recalls on this register name Miracle Recreation Equipment. This recall is 1 of them.