- Date
- September 2, 2026, 20:07 local (Sep 3, 2026, 01:07 UTC)
- Place
- Amery, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5617XSix Chuter SR7 XL
- Defining event
- Maneuvering: Loss of engine power (total)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- Case key
- 203738
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Preliminary report
What NTSB knew early in the investigation. It may change in the final report.
On September 2, 2026, about 2007 central daylight time, a Six Chuter SR7XL experimental light-sport powered parachute, N5617X, was involved in an accident near Amery, Wisconsin. The pilot was seriously injured. The powered parachute was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot was conducting a post maintenance test flight after he had just completed a condition inspection on the powered parachute. During the inspection he had changed several hoses. The pilot told a witness the engine just quit. The powered parachute impacted trees while attempting to land and the pilot was seriously injured. The powered parachute was recovered and retained for further investigation.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5617X
- Reported as
- Six Chuter SR7 XL
- Category
- Powered parachute, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 99-2211-SR7XL
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Departed
- KAHH · Amery, WI
- Airport
- AHH
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.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 70° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.88 inHg
- Observed at
- KRNH, 11 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KRNH 030115Z AUTO 07003KT 10SM SCT070 26/21 A2988 RMK AO2 T02620210=