# Accident 20210810013669A: Harrison, MI, August 10, 2021 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 10, 2021, 20:15 local time - Place: Harrison, MI - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Approach - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 44.0089° N, 84.8062° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Harrison, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0089&lon=-84.8062&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/20210810013669A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE ROC AT APPROXIMATELY 21:35 ON AUGUST 10TH, 2021 REGARDING AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT IN HARRISON MI. AT APPROXIMATELY 20:15 LOCAL TIME ON AUGUST 10TH, 2021 A 2 SEAT SKYE RYDER AEROUCHUTE SR5 POWERED PARACHUTE SN:98-2040-SR5 MANUFACTURED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CLIPPED SOME TREES AND CRASHED WITH A PILOT AND PASSENGER ON BOARD. WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT ARRIVED THE PILOT WAS STILL SEATED IN THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PASSENGER WAS LAYING ON THE GROUND NEAR IT. LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED THAT THE PILOT HAD MINOR LACERATIONS AND THE PASSENGER HAD A POSSIBLE BROKEN JAW AND WAS TAKEN AWAY IN AN AMBULANCE. LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERVIEWED THE PILOT ON SCENE AND HE STATED THAT HE HAD TAKEN OFF FROM HIS HOUSE AND HAD BEEN FLYING AROUND FOR 3 HOURS. JUST BEFORE THE CRASH HE WAS FLYING LOW ABOUT 200FT AND WAS UNABLE TO GET ANY LIFT AND CONTINUOUSLY GOING LOWER AND LOWER AND HE GAVE IT MORE THROTTLE BUT IT WOULD NOT LIFT. HE STATED HE CHECKED BOTH IGNITIONS BUT HE WAS UNSURE WHAT HAPPENED. THE SHERIFF ASKED THE PILOT IF HE OWNED THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PILOT STATED HE DID AND HAS OWNED IT FOR QUITE A WHILE ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHERS. THE PILOT ALSO STATED THAT THEY ARE NOT REGISTERED UNITS AND ARE CONSIDERED EXPERIMENTAL. THE SHERIFF ASKED IF HE HAD ANY SPECIAL LICENSE TO FLY THE TWO-PERSON UNIT AND THE PILOT STATED HE DID NOT. THE SHERIFF REPORTED THAT WHEN INTERVIEWING THE PASSENGER SHE STATED THAT THEY HAD TAKEN OFF FROM BEHIND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHICH IS LOCATED AT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN HARRISON MI. THE CRASH SITE IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 100YDS EAST ON N CLARE AVE AND APPROXIMATELY 50YDS SOUTH INTO THE WOODS FROM THE OPEN AREA BEHIND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SCENE SHOW THE AIRCRAFT LAYING ON ITS RIGHT SIDE IN THE BRUSH WITH NOSE WHEEL AND RIGHT MAIN IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AND THE CHUTE STRUNG OUT BEHIND AND UP INTO THE TREES. THE TUBES MOUNTING THE NOSE WHEEL TO THE MAIN FRAME ARE BENT UP AT APPROXIMATELY 45DEG ANGLE AND THE BOX WITH ALL THE ELECTRICAL CONTROLS MOUNTED FORWARD OF THE CONTROL STICK WAS BUSTED LOOSE FROM ITS MOUNTS. THE NOSE WHEEL CASTER ASSEMBLY WAS BENT AND SHOVED BACK INTO THE NOSE FRAME. THE LEFT FORWARD TUBE THAT MAKES UP THE CHUTE ATTACH POINT WAS BENT BACK DUE TO IMPACT DAMAGE. ATTEMPTED TO INTERVIEW THE PASSENGER VIA PHONE AND ONCE INTRODUCED AS THE FAA THE PHONE WAS GIVEN TO A GENTLEMAN THAT STATED HE WAS THE PILOT. INTERVIEWING THE PILOT HE STATED HE HAD NOT FLOWN THE AIRCRAFT BUT WAS ONLY INTENDING TO TAKE OFF FROM HIS BUSINESS LOCATION ON N. CLARE AVE WHEN ONE OF THE LINES TO THE PARACHUTE BROKE AND IT RAN THEM UNCONTROLLED OFF INTO THE BUSHES AND BRUSH. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE PASSENGER WENT TO THE HOSPITAL TO GET CHECKED OUT AND HAD SOME DEEP CUTS AND SCRATCHES AND HE ONLY SUSTAINED MINOR SCRATCHES. HE STATED THIS TOOK PLACE SOMETIME AFTER DINER AND WAS UNSURE OF THE EXACT TIME. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE OWNED THE AIRCRAFT, IT IS EXPERIMENTAL AND LABELED AS SUCH. WHEN ASKED IF HE IS A CERTIFICATED PILOT HE RESPONDED NO AND THAT HE HAS NEVER FLOWN AN AIRCRAFT BEFORE. HE ONLY JUST RECENTLY TRADED SOMEONE A MOTORCYCLE FOR THIS AIRCRAFT AND HE CANNOT REMEMBER THEIR NAME. INTERVIEWED ONE WITNESS THAT HAD SEEN THE AIRCRAFT FLYING IN THE AREA PRIOR TO THE CRASH AND WATCHED IT FLYING LOW ABOVE THE TREE LINE TO THE SOUTH OF HIS 40 ACRES WHEN IT CRASHED. HE STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING WIDE OPEN BUT IT APPEARED HE COULD NOT GET ANY LIFT WHEN IT CLIPPED THE TREES AND CRASHED. HE STATED THIS HAPPENED JUST BEFORE DARK AROUND 8:00 PM LOCAL TIME. THERE IS NO N NUMBER ON THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE ANY REGISTRATION IN THE REGISTRY DATABASE FOR THE AIRCRAFT. ALSO WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PILOT IN THE REGISTRY DATABASE AS A CERTIFICATED PILOT. ## 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.