# Accident 20120401006979A: Powrachute LLC AIRWOLF 912ULS, Plant City, FL, April 1, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 2012, 07:30 local time
- Place: Plant City, FL
- Airport: Blackwater Creek Flightpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.1356° N, 82.1411° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.1356&lon=-82.1411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N415BA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N415BA) (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 LLC AIRWOLF 912ULS
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor, sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 559 total, 314 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12LA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA264) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120401006979A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 1, 2012, AT 0730 EDT, A POWERED PARACHUTE MODEL AIRWOLF 912ULS, N415BA, SERIAL NO. A134ULS, REGISTERED TO POWRACHUTE LLC., AND OPERATED BY SPORT PILOT (CFI), ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CLIPPED SOME TREE TOPS DURING TAKEOFF CLIMB AND CRASHED INTO THE WOODS AT BLACKWATER CREEK FLIGHTPARK, 9DF2.  THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR FACIAL LACERATIONS.  THE PASSENGER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER COMPLAINING OF DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING, BACK AND SHOULDER PAIN.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  THE PILOT REPORTED TAXING THE POWERED PARACHUTE AT AN ANGLE TO THE GRASSY AIRSTRIP, GETTING AIRBORNE, BUT NOT HAVING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE PARACHUTE.  THE POWERED PARACHUTE FLEW  DIRECTLY INTO THE TREE LINE WHICH RUNS PARALLEL TO THE GRASSY AIRSTRIP.  THE UNIT HIT THE TOP OF THE TREES STRIKING THE PROPELLER ASSEMBLY AND CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SEIZE.  THE POWERED PARACHUTE GOT STUCK ON TOP OF THE TREES MOMENTARILY BEFORE FALLING TO THE GROUND.  THE POWERED PARACHUTE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA12LA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA264), Apr 1, 2012: Powrachute Airwolf 912ULS (N415BA), Plant City, FL, minor damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to ensure an obstruction-free takeoff path prior to initiating the takeoff and his inadequate preflight inspection of the powered parachute’s flight controls, which…

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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