# Incident 20120205001259I: Infinity Power Parachute CLASSIC 2004, Sebastian, FL, February 5, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 2012, 08:00 local time
- Place: Sebastian, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7792° N, 80.4827° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sebastian, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7792&lon=-80.4827&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56754, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56754) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Infinity Power Parachute CLASSIC 2004 (registry code 0590396, https://openairdocs.org/model/infinity-power-parachute-classic-2004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582UL DCDI (registry code 55563, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ul-dcdi) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: INFINITY POWER PARACHUTE CLASSIC 2004
- Reported engine: ROTAX 582UL DCDI
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 55 total, 38 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120205001259I

## Narrative

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

ON 02/05/2011, AIRCRAFT N56754, AN EXHIBITION LIGHT SPORT POWER PARACHUTE, STRUCK A POWER LINE WHILE RETURNING TO THE SEBASTIAN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT LOCATED IN SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA. THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^,  RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT DUE TO A RAPIDLY APPROCHING THUNDER STORM, COMING FROM THE SOUTH. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE WINDS STARTED TO PICK UP ALONG WITH SOME LIGHT RAIN. THE PILOT STATED THAT AN AIR POCKET/WIND SHEAR CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO DROP ABOUT 100 FT STRIKING THE POWER LINE.THE PILOT GAINED CONTROL AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY.THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND PASSENGER AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT STEERING ROD. THIS INCIDENT OCCURED ABOUT ONE HALF MILE NORTH EAST FROM THE AIRPORT.

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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