# Incident 20110129000439I: Powrachute PEGASUS, Morgan, UT, January 29, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2011, 16:00 local time
- Place: Morgan, UT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0417° N, 111.6805° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morgan, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0417&lon=-111.6805&mi=10
- Aircraft: N423DA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N423DA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Powrachute PEGASUS (registry code 0690001, https://openairdocs.org/model/powrachute-pegasus) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582DCDI (registry code 55562, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582dcdi) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: POWRACHUTE PEGASUS
- Reported engine: ROTAX 582DCDI
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 33 total, 21 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110129000439I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF FROM MORGAN COUNTY AIRPORT.  PILOT AVOIDED THE CITY AND HOUSES AND TOOK RURAL ROUTE TO A FIELD HIS UNCLE OWNS.  HE DECENDED DOWN TO LOOK AT THE FIELD IN ANTICIPATION OF LANDING IF POSSIBLE.  DUE TO THE SNOW IN THE FIELD HE OPTED NOT TO LAND.  AS HE WAS COMING OUT OF THE AREA HE SAW A RIVER TO THE RIGHT AND TURNED LEFT TO AVOID IT.  AS HE TURNED LEFT HE THINKS THE PARACHUTE CAUGHT A SMALL 3-4 INCH BRANCH ON A NEARBY TREE AND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BE JOLTED TO THE LEFT.  THE PILOTS CONTROL INPUT AFTER THE JOLT ALSO CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN FURTHER TO THE LEFT.  THE RESULTING LOSS OF LIFT CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO COME DOWN IN THE FIELD.  AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THREE WHEELS BUT THEN SNOW CAUSED TO FLIP OVER BREAKING THE CAGE THAT SURROUNDS THE PROP AND BREAKING OFF ONE OF THE BLADES OF THE PROPELLER.

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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