# Incident 20090606009829I: Sixchu SR7, Jasper, TX, June 6, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2009, 12:30 local time
- Place: Jasper, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.9227° N, 93.9933° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jasper, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9227&lon=-93.9933&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4846E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4846E-2015-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sixchuter SR7 (registry code 05901JK, https://openairdocs.org/model/sixchuter-sr7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582SER (registry code 55556, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SIXCHU SR7
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 24 total, 23 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090606009829I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  N4846E A POWERED PARAGLIDER (EXPERIMENTAL - OPERATING LIGHT SPORT) TOOK OFF OF PRIVATE PROPERTY NEAR JASPER, TEXAS.  THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC), A STUDENT PILOT, TOOK OFF A GRASS FIELD INTO THE WIND WITH APPROXIMATELY 600' OF CLEARING.  AFTER TAKEOFF AT APPROXIMATELY 30' OF ALTITUDE, THE WIND CHANGED TO A TAILWIND AND THE AIRCRAFT LOST LIFT.  THE PILOT GAVE THE AIRCRAFT FULL POWER AND INTENTIONALLY PLACED THE AIRCRAFT INTO A LARGE TREE TO AVOID HITTING OTHER OBSTACLES.  THE AIRCRAFT HUNG FROM THE TREE TOP UNTIL RESCUERS ARRIVED.  RESCUERS REMOVED PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.  THE DAMAGE INCLUDED A SMALL CUT IN THE CANOPY AND THE CENTER BAR WAS SLIGHTLY BENT.

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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