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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Powrachute AIRWOLF 912ULS · China, ME · September 2, 2017

Date
September 2, 2017 · 18:30 local
Place
China, ME
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N497YP
Reported as
Powrachute Airwolf 912ULS
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
115 total27 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

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.

Pilot was descending over a lake with a passenger on board. At about 50 ft. AGL pilot started a shallow left turn at which time the pilot attempted to increase RPM and the aircraft would not climb. The aircraft continued to descend and contacted the water. Came to rest inverted in 15 feet of water.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS DESCENDING OVER A LAKE WITH A PASSENGER ON BOARD. AT ABOUT 50 FT. AGL PILOT STARTED A SHALLOW LEFT TURN AT WHICH TIME THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO INCREASE RPM AND THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT CLIMB. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DESCEND AND CONTACTED THE WATER. CAME TO REST INVERTED IN 15 FEET OF WATER.