# Incident 20100704038239I: Soaring Con SKY TREK, Vernon Center, MN, July 4, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2010, 17:00 local time
- Place: Vernon Center, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9624° N, 94.1669° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vernon Center, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9624&lon=-94.1669&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25149, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25149) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Soaring Concepts SKY TREK (registry code 05901JQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/soaring-concepts-sky-trek) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582 (registry code 55551, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOARING CON SKY TREK
- Reported engine: ROTAX 582
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100704038239I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 4, 2010, DREW SEPPMANN DID A LOCAL, VFR FLIGHT FROM RURAL MANKATO TO VERNON CENTER.  WHILE NEARING VERNON CENTER, THE ENGINE QUIT AND MR. SEPPMANN ATTMEPTED TO LAND ON A CITY STREET.  ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH, STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS SWAYED THE PARACHUTE INTO TREE BRANCHES, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO  SUSTAIN A HARD LANDING, WHICH BROKE A LANDING GEAR STRUT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

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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