# Accident 20090824021312A: Destin DESTINY2000, Arcanum, OH, August 24, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2009, 20:45 local time
- Place: Arcanum, OH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9917° N, 84.5539° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9917&lon=-84.5539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5604B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5604B-2017-07-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Destiny Powered Parachutes DESTINY 2000 (registry code 05901JA, https://openairdocs.org/model/destiny-powered-parachutes-destiny-2000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582SER (registry code 55556, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DESTIN DESTINY2000
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX532
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA555](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA555) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090824021312A

## Narrative

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

N5604B, A POWERED PARACHUTE PILOTED BY MR. PRICE, WAS WESTBOUND ON A DOWNWIND FOR LANDING ON A PRIVATE GRASS STRIP.  THOMAS JACKSON (SEE SEPARATE 8020-23) WAS NORTHBOUND IN AN ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT, AT THE SAME ALTITUDE AS MR. PRICE, INBOUND FOR LANDING ON THE SAME STRIP.  MR. JACKSON'S AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH MR. PRICE.  MR. PRICE WAS FATALLY INJURED IN THE ENSUING CRASH.  MR. JACKSON'S ULTRALIGHT, ALSO CRASHED, BUT HE SURVIVED WITH MINOR INJURIES.  NOTE: MR. PRICE WAS A NON-CERTIFICATED PILOT FLYING A CERTIFICATED LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT - TOTAL FLIGHT HOURS UNKNOWN.  MR. JACKSON HAS A SPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE, BUT WAS FLYING A NON-CERTIFICATED PHANTOM ULTRALIGHT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN09LA555](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA555), Aug 25, 2009: Destiny Powered Parachutes Destiny 2000 (N5604B), Arcanum, OH, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of pilot to maintain an adequate visual lookout in order to avoid the collision with an aircraft on final approach to land.

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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