# Accident 20210404006149A: St Paul, NE, April 4, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2021, 19:50 local time
- Place: St Paul, NE
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2137° N, 98.4594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Paul, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2137&lon=-98.4594&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210404006149A

## Narrative

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

PILOT AND PASSENGER TOOK OFF IN POWERED PARACHUTE AT APPROXIMATELY 1945 LOCAL TIME.  DUE TO SUDDEN SHIFT IN WIND, IMMEDIATELY TURNED AROUND TO RETURN TO LAND. DURING APPROACH TO LANDING, A SUDDEN GUST OF WIND CAUSED LOSS OF LIFT AND CONTROL AND THE FLYING MACHINE IMPACTED THE GROUND. DAMAGE TO THE MACHINE WAS BROKEN AXLE AND BROKEN PROPELLER. NO POST ACCIDENT FIRE. PILOT WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AND ADMITTED WITH BROKEN VERTEBRAE. MINOR PASSENGER WAS TREATED FOR A BROKEN NOSE AND RELEASED. EMERGENCY RESPONSE WAS CALLED TO SCENE, SHERIFF TOOK PICTURES AND STATEMENTS FROM WITNESSES.

PILOT WAS NOT CERTIFICATED, AIRCRAFT WAS NOT REGISTERED AND DID NOT HAVE AN AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE. DURING POST CRASH INTERVIEW WITH PILOT, HE STATED HE DID NOT HAVE A LICENSE, AND NEVER RECEIVED TRAINING.

SAS ACTIVITY #.

1702 CE09202101619

3761 CE09202101618

EIR #

2021CE0900002

## 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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