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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Blue Heron MARATHON · Hollenbeck, PA · February 22, 2016

Date: February 22, 2016 · 19:00 local
Place: Hollenbeck, PA
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N2104Y
Reported as: Blue Heron Marathon
Reported engine: ROTAX 582
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 1
Pilot’s certificate: Unknown or foreign certificate

N2104YRegistration cancelled May 30, 2018 · Blue Heron MARATHONS/N H00 3083M · Built 2002 Airframe modelBlue Heron MARATHON 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.

Gentleman purchases powered parachute, doesn't have pilot certificate. Does a run up in yard machine becomes airborne. Gentleman decides to fly to friends house who has a field near his house to land machine. During the landing attempt to gentleman lands long cause machine to strike trees and snap off the left main wheel, bending landing gear supoort beam.

Pilot information appears not to have been saved. Ptrs search did not identify pilot for this incident. 05/07/2018 wtv

As the FAA filed it

GENTLEMAN PURCHASES POWERED PARACHUTE, DOESN'T HAVE PILOT CERTIFICATE. DOES A RUN UP IN YARD MACHINE BECOMES AIRBORNE. GENTLEMAN DECIDES TO FLY TO FRIENDS HOUSE WHO HAS A FIELD NEAR HIS HOUSE TO LAND MACHINE. DURING THE LANDING ATTEMPT TO GENTLEMAN LANDS LONG CAUSE MACHINE TO STRIKE TREES AND SNAP OFF THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL, BENDING LANDING GEAR SUPOORT BEAM.

PILOT INFORMATION APPEARS NOT TO HAVE BEEN SAVED. PTRS SEARCH DID NOT IDENTIFY PILOT FOR THIS INCIDENT. 05/07/2018 WTV