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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr BUCKEYEDM582 · Devine, TX · July 2, 2008

Date: July 2, 2008 · 09:30 local
Place: Devine, TX
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N70SN
Reported as: Amtr BUCKEYEDM582
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 23 total20 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

N70SNRegistration cancelled Jul 17, 2021 · Franceschini Guy T BUCKEYE DREAM MACHINS/N 4112 · Built 1997 Airframe modelFranceschini Guy T BUCKEYE DREAM MACHIN Engine modelRotax 582SER2 cycle

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) The pilot changed the direction of his landing from the one he usually uses to accommodate for a crosswind, he stated this was the first time he had tried to land in this direction and he thought he had enough room to make the landing. The pilot failed to keep control of the power parachute, resulting in the parachute getting tangled in power line and a gear leg being broken loss of control.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT CHANGED THE DIRECTION OF HIS LANDING FROM THE ONE HE USUALLY USES TO ACCOMMODATE FOR A CROSSWIND, HE STATED THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME HE HAD TRIED TO LAND IN THIS DIRECTION AND HE THOUGHT HE HAD ENOUGH ROOM TO MAKE THE LANDING. THE PILOT FAILED TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE POWER PARACHUTE, RESULTING IN THE PARACHUTE GETTING TANGLED IN POWER LINE AND A GEAR LEG BEING BROKEN LOSS OF CONTROL.