# Incident 20200704007569I: Buehler DUAL, Toledo, WA, July 4, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2020, 14:40 local time
- Place: Toledo, WA
- Airport: South Lewis County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.4447° N, 122.8522° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Toledo, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4447&lon=-122.8522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5521L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5521L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Buehler DUAL (registry code 05903YM, https://openairdocs.org/model/buehler-dual) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582SER (registry code 55556, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BUEHLER DUAL
- Reported engine: ROTAX 582SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200704007569I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 4, 2020, N5521L, A POWERED PARACHUTE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF AT SOUTH LEWIS COUNTY AIRPORT, RUNWAY 24 AT APPROXIMATELY MIDDAY. ACCORDING TO THE PIC, LIGHT WINDS PREVAILED AT 2-3 MPH SW. DURING TAKEOFF ROLL, PILOT NOTICED THAT THE CHUTE INFLATED PERFECTLY AND IN SECONDS AIRCRAFT WAS AIRBORNE. AFTER CLIMBING AT 450 FEET AGL, HEADING WEST, PIC DECIDED TO DEPLOY THE AMERICAN FLAG.  THE FOLDED FLAG WAS PUSHED IN THE HOLE BETWEEN THE ALUMINUM ANGLES OF THE AIRFRAME LOCATED A FEW INCHES IN FRONT OF THE PILOT SEAT. A FEW MOMENTS LATER, SOON AFTER THE FLAG WAS DEPLOYED, IT DISAPPEARED FROM THE PIC'S SIGHT, THEN A LOUD AND TERRIBLE NOISE ENSUED. THE FLAG GOT CAUGHT IN THE PROPELLER WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO STOP ABRUPTLY  RESULTING IN AN  EMERGENCY LANDING 200 YARDS EAST OF THE AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT RESTED ON A BARBED WIRE FENCE CAUSING MINOR INJURY TO THE PILOT AND MINOR DAMAGE ON THE 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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