# Accident 20120827019649A: Powrachute PEGASUS, Luling, TX, August 27, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2012, 19:55 local time
- Place: Luling, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7281° N, 97.6592° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7281&lon=-97.6592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N554E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N554E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Powrachute PEGASUS (registry code 05901JZ, https://openairdocs.org/model/powrachute-pegasus) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582SER (registry code 55556, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: POWRACHUTE PEGASUS
- Reported engine: ROTAX 582
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 30 total, 8 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12CA631](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA631) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120827019649A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS FLYING LOW OVER FRIENDS FIELD. PILOT DID NOT SEE POWERLINE CROSSING IN FRONT OF POWERED GLIDER FLIGHT PATH. PILOT MANAGED TO FLY POWERED GLIDER UNDER POWERLINE HOWEVER PARACHUTE BECAME ENTANGLED WITH POWERLINE FORCING POWERED GLIDER TO CONTACT GROUND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO POWERED GLIDER.

## 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 CEN12CA631](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA631), Aug 28, 2012: Powrachute Pegasus (N554E), Luling, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: Collision with a powerline resulting from the pilot's not maintaining adequate clearance while on a day VFR approach to land.

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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