# Incident 20080515847309I: 2004, St Bonifacius, MN, May 15, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2008, 19:00 local time
- Place: St Bonifacius, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9051° N, 93.7483° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Bonifacius, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9051&lon=-93.7483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6567B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6567B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Infinity Powered Parachutes 2004 (registry code 05902IM, https://openairdocs.org/model/infinity-powered-parachutes-2004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582SER (registry code 55556, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: 2004
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 238 total, 238 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080515847309I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 15TH, 2008 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (STUDENT PILOT) WAS FLYING HIS AIRCRAFT, 2007 INFINITY POWERED PARACHUTE, WESTBOUND OVER HWY 7 IN THE AREA OF COUNTRY ROAD 10.  THE ST. BONIFACIUS GENERATING SUBSTATION IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTH WEST CORNER OF HWY 7 (EAST AND WEST) AND CO RD 10 (NORTH AND SOUTH), 5430 CO RD 10.  THE SUBSTATION WAS OPERATING TWO LARGE DIESEL TURBINE GENERATORS EACH HAVE A VERTICAL EXHAUST (APPROX 10 FEET SQUARE BY 30 FEET TALL).  THE CONDITIONS WERE VFR WITH THE WINDS REPORTED AT 22003 KT AND 29010 KT.  WHEN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FLYING PAST THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SUBSTATION, AND NORTH OF HWY 7, THE AIR CURRENT GENERATED BY THE TURBINE GENERATOR EXHAUST CAUSED HIM TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN THE SUBSTATION, HITTING POWERLINES THEN THE GROUND.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.

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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