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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Powrachute PEGASUS · Ellensburg, WA · August 25, 2021

Date
August 25, 2021 · 10:30 local
Place
Ellensburg, WA
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N404RR
Reported as
Powrachute Pegasus
Reported engine
ROTAX 582SER
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificate
Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
180 total30 in this make and model1 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.

During the take off roll, the pilot stated the aircraft began feeling light and as he initiated liftoff the aircraft veered to the left. The aircraft went into a ditch and came to rest on its side.

As the FAA filed it

DURING THE TAKE OFF ROLL, THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN FEELING LIGHT AND AS HE INITIATED LIFTOFF THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO A DITCH AND CAME TO REST ON ITS SIDE.