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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Aircraft · St Frances, MN · June 10, 1997

Date: June 10, 1997 · 09:30 local
Place: St Frances, MN
Airport: Becker Personal Airport
Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules: Ultralight vehicle (Part 103)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: NONE
Fatal injuries: 0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Mr. Shanks was practicing take offs and landings in his 2 place, powered parachute. Ground witnesses stated he drifted left after adding power after his last landing. The parachute then ended up suspended from power lines, with Mr. Shanks being unconscious. Mr. Shanks stated the reason he lost consciousness was due to lack of food and fluids prior to many takeoffs and landings. *vagal response according to his physician, Dr. Jacobs, in monticello, MN. *I did not personally talk to Dr. Jacobs of monticello, MN.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) MR. SHANKS WAS PRACTICING TAKE OFFS AND LANDINGS IN HIS 2 PLACE, POWERED PARACHUTE. GROUND WITNESSES STATED HE DRIFTED LEFT AFTER ADDING POWER AFTER HIS LAST LANDING. THE PARACHUTE THEN ENDED UP SUSPENDED FROM POWER LINES, WITH MR. SHANKS BEING UNCONSCIOUS. MR. SHANKS STATED THE REASON HE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS WAS DUE TO LACK OF FOOD AND FLUIDS PRIOR TO MANY TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. *VAGAL RESPONSE ACCORDING TO HIS PHYSICIAN, DR. JACOBS, IN MONTICELLO, MN. *I DID NOT PERSONALLY TALK TO DR. JACOBS OF MONTICELLO, MN.