# Accident 20160530009769A: Sewal, IA, May 30, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2016, 12:00 local time
- Place: Sewal, IA
- Airport: Centerville Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6844° N, 92.9010° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTERVILLE MUNI (TVK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6844&lon=-92.9010&mi=10
- Aircraft: ONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1 total, 1 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/20160530009769A

## Narrative

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

INITIAL FLIGHT OF HARMENINGS HIGH FLYER POWERED PARACHUTE BY A NON-CERTIFICATED PILOT. PILOT REPORTED THAT SHORTLY AFTER TAKING OFF TO THE SOUTHWEST HE EXPERIENCED A CROSS WIND THAT TURNED THE AIRCRAFT LEFT, IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION, TOWARD A ROW OF TREES. FULL THROTTLE WAS INTRODUCED IN AN ATTEMPT TO GAIN ALTITUDE AND CLEAR THE TREE LINE. UPON CLEARING THE TREE LINE THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY LOST ALTITUDE AND CRASHED INTO THE GROUND, JUST EAST OF THE TREES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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