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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtr DREAMMACH503 · Monticello, KY · July 3, 2006

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Date: July 3, 2006 · 20:10 local
Place: Monticello, KY
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: NONE
Reported as: Amtr DREAMMACH503
Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX503
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1
Pilot’s flight hours: 1 total1 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

(-23) The pilot privacy data omitted did not hold any FAA certificates. The pilot privacy data omitted did not receive any formal flight training for power parachutes. The pilot privacy data omitted did not receive a 2-place exemption putting the aircraft into the ultralight category. The pilot privacy data omitted operated the aircraft for the first time on July 1, 2006 for about 15 minutes, second flight was on July 3, 2006. One of the attaching parachute chords was wrapped over the top right hand side of the parachute which caused the aircraft to turn right without inputs and the inability to turn left.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ DID NOT HOLD ANY FAA CERTIFICATES. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ DID NOT RECEIVE ANY FORMAL FLIGHT TRAINING FOR POWER PARACHUTES. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ DID NOT RECEIVE A 2-PLACE EXEMPTION PUTTING THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE ULTRALIGHT CATEGORY. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ OPERATED THE AIRCRAFT FOR THE FIRST TIME ON JULY 1, 2006 FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES, SECOND FLIGHT WAS ON JULY 3, 2006. ONE OF THE ATTACHING PARACHUTE CHORDS WAS WRAPPED OVER THE TOP RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE PARACHUTE WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN RIGHT WITHOUT INPUTS AND THE INABILITY TO TURN LEFT.