- Date
- December 1, 1989, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Holmen, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- UNREGRotec Panther 2+
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 14475
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Inadvertent partial deployment of the emergency ballistic recovery parachute resulting in a loss of engine thrust and aerodynamic control of the aircraft.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Misc eqpt/furnishings,parachute/drag chute - deployed inadvertentlyCause
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Propeller system/accessories,blade - entangledCause
Loss of control - in flight
Flight control system - movement restrictedCause
Aircraft control - not possibleCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Rotec Panther 2+
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- Rotax 522, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tryggestad, Michael
- Destination
- MY50 · Frontenac, MN
- Airport
- 09WI · Packway Farm
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 72 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LSE, 9 nm away