# Accident 20130824016412A: Six Chuter SR7 XL, Franklin, IL, August 24, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2013, 19:15 local time
- Place: Franklin, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5950° N, 90.0600° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5950&lon=-90.0600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94495, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N94495) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Six Chuter SR7 XL (registry code 05901RL, https://openairdocs.org/model/six-chuter-sr7-xl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582DCDI (registry code 55562, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582dcdi) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SIX CHUTER SR7 XL
- Reported engine: ROTAX 582DCDI
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA506](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA506) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130824016412A

## Narrative

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

RECEIVED CALL FROM FTW ROC AT 10:23 PM ON 8-23-2013 CONCERNING THE MID AIR COLLISION BETWEEN TWO POWERED PARACHUTES JUST SOUTH OF FRANKLIN IL. THE PROPERTY ADDRESS IS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. FRANKLIN IL, AND IS OWNED BY A ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  THE PROPERTY HAS TWO RUNWAYS FOR POWERED PARACHUTES, ONE N-S AND ONE E-W.

09-03-2013, SPOKE TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHO RESIDES IN FENTON, MO.  HE INDICATED TO ME THAT FOLLOWING A 20 MINUTE FLIGHT WITH A PASSENGER ON BOARD, HE HEADED EAST TOWARD THE FIELD AND PLANNED ON TURNING NORTH TO LAND. HE WAS JUST ABOVE THE TREES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE FIELD WHEN HE SAID THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN, HIS CHUTE WAS RIPPED FROM THE MACHINE AND HE WENT NOSE FIRST INTO THE TREES.  BOTH OCCUPANTS SUSTAINED SEVERE, BUT NOT LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INDICATED THAT HIS MACHINE IS NOT REPAIRABLE.  WILL HAVE STL FSDO INSPECT THE MACHINE.  (DW) FOR KJG.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N5164G, Buckeye Aviation Inc BREEZE: [Accident 20130824016592A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130824016592A)

## 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 CEN13LA506](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA506), Aug 25, 2013: Six Chuter SR7 XL (N94495), Franklin, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of both pilots, one of whom was noncertificated, to maintain adequate visual lookout while maneuvering to land, which resulted in a midair collision. Contributing to the accident was the…

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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