# Incident 20090522007359I: Pwrcht PEGASUS, Waynoka, OK, May 22, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2009, 08:45 local time
- Place: Waynoka, OK
- Airport: Waynoka Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.5713° N, 98.8547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WAYNOKA MUNI (1K5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5713&lon=-98.8547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5698C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5698C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Powrachute PEGASUS (registry code 05901JZ, https://openairdocs.org/model/powrachute-pegasus) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582SER (registry code 55556, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PWRCHT PEGASUS
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 85 total, 85 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090522007359I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT TOOK OFF INTO A SOUTHWEST WIND.  CLIMB TO APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET AND INITIATED A SHARP RIGHT TURN.  AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY LOST ALTITUDE AND LANDED HARD ON THE RIGHT REAR AND SIDE OF AIRCRAFT.  STUDENT PILOT AGREED TO ADDITIONAL FLIGHT INSTRUCTIONS PRIOR TO FLYING SOLO AGAIN.

## Other reports on N5698C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20090820014529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090820014529I), Aug 20, 2009: Pwrcht PEGASUS (N5698C), Waynoka, OK, Minor damage. (-23) In a telephone interview the pilot advised that he had attempted to depart his private 40 acre field when the airfoil of the powered parachute failed to…

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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