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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Powrachute PEGASUS · Broad Brook, CT · July 12, 2014

Date: July 12, 2014 · 10:00 local
Place: Broad Brook, CT
Airport: Skylark
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5133F
Reported as: Powrachute Pegasus
Reported engine: ROTAX 582
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 16 total12 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

N5133FRegistered now · Powrachute PEGASUSS/N A-250-PEG · Built 2004 Airframe modelPowrachute PEGASUS Engine modelRotax 582SER2 cycle

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.

The pilot stated, after take off from Skylark Airport (K7B6) in Broad Brook, CT., he encountered significant crosswinds as he cleared the tree tops. He decided to discontinue his flight and return to the airport. While on short final approach to the airport, he aligned his aircraft with the grassy area to the south side of runway 28. The pilot stated that the wind gusted and blew him into the tree top. The aircraft impacted the tree located at the south east corner of the airport approximately 30 feet off the ground where it became entangled in the tree top and where it came rest.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STATED, AFTER TAKE OFF FROM SKYLARK AIRPORT (K7B6) IN BROAD BROOK, CT., HE ENCOUNTERED SIGNIFICANT CROSSWINDS AS HE CLEARED THE TREE TOPS. HE DECIDED TO DISCONTINUE HIS FLIGHT AND RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. WHILE ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT, HE ALIGNED HIS AIRCRAFT WITH THE GRASSY AREA TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF RUNWAY 28. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE WIND GUSTED AND BLEW HIM INTO THE TREE TOP. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TREE LOCATED AT THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF THE AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET OFF THE GROUND WHERE IT BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE TREE TOP AND WHERE IT CAME REST.