# NTSB CEN11CA057: Six Chuter SR7, N95087, Winnie, TX, November 7, 2010

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: November 7, 2010, 15:55 local (21:55 UTC)
- Place: Winnie, TX
- Coordinates: 29.804166, -94.431114
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8042&lon=-94.4311&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Loss of lift](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/500)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report April 12, 2011
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 77743
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN11CA057
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/77743/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=77743
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA057

## Probable cause

The collapse of the powered parachute's canopy on short final for undetermined reasons, resulting in a loss of lift.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not specified (probable cause); cases with it: [Six Chuter SR7, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md?model=05902VM), [All aircraft, 1,269 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md)
- [Not determined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000): Not determined › Not determined · Unknown/Not determined (probable cause); cases with it: [Six Chuter SR7, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000/cases.md?model=05902VM), [All aircraft, 2,247 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Loss of lift](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/500) (defining event); cases with it: [Six Chuter SR7, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/500/sequence.md?model=05902VM), [All aircraft, 252 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/500/sequence.md)
- [Uncontrolled descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Six Chuter SR7, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=05902VM), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Analysis

While on short final to land at the airport, the light-sport powered parachute's canopy collapsed, resulting in a loss of lift and a hard landing. A postaccident examination of the airframe and engine revealed no mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.

## Factual narrative

While on short final to land at the airport, the light-sport powered parachute's canopy collapsed resulting in a loss of lift and a hard landing. The uncertificated pilot and one passenger were seriously injured. An examination of the airframe and engine by a responding Federal Aviation Administration inspector did not reveal any pre-impact anomalies.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N95087](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95087-2015-05-11), registration cancelled 2015-05-11, S/N 98-1864-2SR7, built 1997 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SIX CHUTER SR7
- Registry model: [Six Chuter SR7](https://openairdocs.org/model/six-chuter-sr7) (registry code 05904RS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rotax 582SER](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ser) (registry code 55556, 2 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Powered parachute
- Serial number: 98-1864-2SR7
- Engines: ROTAX 582 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental light sport (Special)
- Departed: T90, Winnie, TX
- Destination: T90, Winnie, TX
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: T90, Winnie Stowell

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter: 30.29 inHg
- Observed at: KBPT, 22 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20101107052729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101107052729A), Nov 7, 2010: Six Chuter SR7, Winnie, TX, Substantial damage. A SR7 powered parachute that was being flown by a non-rated pilot crashed on landing. While flairing to land the canopy collapsed which cause the aircraft to…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 27, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=77743. 29 KB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1: Not obtained (item 1, .PDF, 14 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40341114&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1%3A%20Not%20obtained-Master.PDF
- Correspondence: Interview notes (item 2, .PDF, 15 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40341115&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Correspondence%3A%20Interview%20notes-Master.PDF

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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