# Incident 20140712012259I: Powrachute PEGASUS, Broad Brook, CT, July 12, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2014, 10:00 local time
- Place: Broad Brook, CT
- Airport: Skylark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9112° N, 72.5411° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Broad Brook, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9112&lon=-72.5411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5133F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5133F) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 16 total, 12 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140712012259I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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