37.0686° N, 94.1269° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Sarcoxie, MO, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 24, 2010 · 19:40 local
Place
Sarcoxie, MO
Airport
Private Strip
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
NONE
Reported as
Experimenta SR7 XL
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Airman struck a power line on approach to landing at a private airstrip in an unregistered six chuter SR7XL powered parachute, resulting in substantial damage. Airman suffered a broken back and an injured foot; his passenger wife injured her foot. Accident investigation has revealed the aircraft was unairworthy and the pilot was not rated or qualified in powered parachutes.
As the FAA filed it
AIRMAN STRUCK A POWER LINE ON APPROACH TO LANDING AT A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP IN AN UNREGISTERED SIX CHUTER SR7XL POWERED PARACHUTE, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. AIRMAN SUFFERED A BROKEN BACK AND AN INJURED FOOT; HIS PASSENGER WIFE INJURED HER FOOT.ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION HAS REVEALED THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNAIRWORTHY AND THE PILOT WAS NOT RATED OR QUALIFIED IN POWERED PARACHUTES.