# Accident 20150523007799A: Destiny 2000, Eltopia, WA, May 23, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2015, 14:31 local time
- Place: Eltopia, WA
- Airport: Basin Seed Farm
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.4297° N, 119.0217° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4297&lon=-119.0217&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3376, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3376-2019-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Destiny 2000 (registry code 05901ZR, https://openairdocs.org/model/destiny-2000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582DCDI (registry code 55562, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582dcdi) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DESTINY 2000
- Reported engine: ROTAX 582DCDI
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor, sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 473 total, 9 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15LA085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150523007799A

## Narrative

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

POWERED PARACHUTE BECAME AIRBORNE WHEN PARACHUTE MADE AN ABRUBT SHIFT TO THE RIGHT. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND.

## 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 GAA15LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15LA085), May 23, 2015: Destiny 2000 (N3376), Eltopia, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to tell the student pilot to abort the takeoff after the powered parachute experienced wing oscillations, which resulted in the student pilot’s loss of aircraft…

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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