# Incident 20120927020719I: Infinity Powered Parachutes INFINITY CLASSIC2006, St. George, UT, September 27, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2012, 08:45 local time
- Place: St. George, UT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1041° N, 113.5841° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. George, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1041&lon=-113.5841&mi=10
- Aircraft: N126ZX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N126ZX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Infinity Powered Parachutes INFINITY CLASSIC2006 (registry code 05904VO, https://openairdocs.org/model/infinity-powered-parachutes-infinity-classic2006) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912S series (registry code 55570, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912s-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: INFINITY POWERED PARACHUTES INFINITY CLASSIC2006
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 263 total, 13 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120927020719I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED DOWNDRAFT FROM NEAR BY HILLS WHILE MANUEVERING CLEAR OF A LAUNCHING BALLOON. THE POWERED PARACHUTE SETTLED HITTING A DIRT BURM BY THE ROAD SIDE. AFTER HITTING DIRT BURM IT SLID DOWN A SLOPE DAMAGING PROP, PROP HOOP AND SOME SIDE RAILS. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED. NO INJURIES TO TWO OCCUPANTS AND NO DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

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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