44.7256° N, 93.4409° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Prior Lake, MN, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 25, 2004 · 14:15 local
Place
Prior Lake, MN
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
UNKNOWN
Reported as
Infinitypowe
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5 total5 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days
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) During slow flight at approximately 200' AGL, operator of this powered parachute mismanaged the controls resulting in a partial collapse and stall of parachute on right side resulting in a hard landing into a swampy lake. Minor damage to unregistered aircraft and no injury to operator.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) DURING SLOW FLIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 200' AGL, OPERATOR OF THIS POWERED PARACHUTE MISMANAGED THE CONTROLS RESULTING IN A PARTIAL COLLAPSE AND STALL OF PARACHUTE ON RIGHT SIDE RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING INTO A SWAMPY LAKE. MINOR DAMAGE TO UNREGISTERED AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURY TO OPERATOR.