- Date
- July 3, 2011, 18:53 local (23:53 UTC)
- Place
- Weyauwega, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6012HCondor Southern Powered Parach Raptor
- Defining event
- Maneuvering: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 2013
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Milwaukee FSDO
- FAA report
- 20110703012069A
- Case key
- 81016
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient altitude to clear power lines during flight.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot stated that he was flying the powered parachute over a river and struck power lines. Postaccident examination of the airplane did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
On July 3, 2011, about 1853 central daylight time, a Condor Southern Powered Parachute Raptor, N6012H, sustained minor damage when it struck powerlines near Weyauwega, Wisconsin. The pilot suffered serious injuries. The aircraft was registered to and operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight which was not operated on a flight plan. The local flight originated from a private residence in Weyauwega, Wisconsin, at an unconfirmed time. A report submitted on behalf of the pilot stated that he was flying over the Wolf River and struck power lines. Examination of the aircraft after the accident revealed minor damage. No anomalies were found that would have precluded normal operation. At the time of the accident, the pilot held a student pilot certificate that was issued on August 6, 2007. The report submitted did not list flight experience or training the pilot may have received.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6012H
- Reported as
- Condor Southern Powered Parach Raptor
- Category
- Powered parachute
- Serial number
- 1964
- Engine
- Rotax 582, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental light sport (Special)
- Departed
- Weyauwega, WI
- Destination
- Weyauwega, WI
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Injuries
- Serious
- Certificate
- Student
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.96 inHg
- Observed at
- PCZ
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 18, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.1 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.