# Incident 20100531036199I: Powrachute AIRWOLF 912, Mankato, MN, May 31, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2010, 10:51 local time
- Place: Mankato, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1711° N, 93.9756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mankato, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1711&lon=-93.9756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N394WF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N394WF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Powrachute AIRWOLF 912ULS (registry code 0690004, https://openairdocs.org/model/powrachute-airwolf-912uls) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: POWRACHUTE AIRWOLF 912
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,264 total, 9 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100531036199I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTS THAT HE WAS FLYING SOUTH FROM A NEARBY GRASS STRIP AND COMPLETING A CIRCLE OVER A PARK. AT THE COMPLETION OF THE TURN IT SUDDENLY DROPPPED ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND BEGAN A RAPID SPIRALING DECENT.

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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