# Incident 20030827022089I: Fairfax, IA, August 27, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2003, 19:15 local time
- Place: Fairfax, IA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9255° N, 91.7776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairfax, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9255&lon=-91.7776&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030827022089I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) MATTHEW J. HOPKINS, A NON-CERTIFICATED PILOT, WHILE IN OPERATION OF AN UNREGISTERED, TWO-SEAT POWERED PARACHUTE TYPE CRAFT, STRUCK HIGH TENSION POWER LINES. MR. HOPKINS STATED THAT THE SETTING SUN HAD OBSTRUCTED HIS VISION, AND HE HAD NOT SEEN THE POWER LINES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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