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Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Powrachute PEGASUS · Cumming, GA · October 4, 2012

Date
October 4, 2012 · 17:30 local
Place
Cumming, GA
Airport
Ebeneezer
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N580PG
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA13CA009
Reported as
Powrachute Pegasus
Reported engine
ROTAX 582
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
35 total3 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

privacy data omitted Started take off roll on runway 9, approximately 300 down the runway he aborted the take off a chute line sock came out of a bag and enter the prop area. privacy data omitted Shut down and removed line sock inspected aircraft and continue take off from that point. The power parachute maintain runway heading until clearing the trees on the north side of the runway. Once the aircraft was above the tree line a light breeze pushed the power parachute to the south and into the trees at the end of runway 9.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STARTED TAKE OFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 9, APPROXIMATELY 300 DOWN THE RUNWAY HE ABORTED THE TAKE OFF A CHUTE LINE SOCK CAME OUT OF A BAG AND ENTER THE PROP AREA. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SHUT DOWN AND REMOVED LINE SOCK INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND CONTINUE TAKE OFF FROM THAT POINT. THE POWER PARACHUTE MAINTAIN RUNWAY HEADING UNTIL CLEARING THE TREES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABOVE THE TREE LINE A LIGHT BREEZE PUSHED THE POWER PARACHUTE TO THE SOUTH AND INTO THE TREES AT THE END OF RUNWAY 9.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.