- Date
- September 24, 2022, 08:20 local (13:20 UTC)
- Place
- Oneonta, AL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5065QDestiny XLT
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20220924017159A
- Case key
- 106054
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The uncertificated pilot’s failure to maintain control of the powered parachute during takeoff.
Findings · 2
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 noncertificated pilot reported that both a gust of wind and improper application of rudder during takeoff in his powered parachute resulted in him impacting trees to the left of the departure runway. This impact resulted in substantial damage to the airframe tubing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the powered parachute that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5065Q
- Reported as
- Destiny XLT
- Category
- Powered parachute
- Serial number
- 3C0526
- Built
- 2006
- Airframe hours
- 285
- Engine
- Rotax 582SER, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental light sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 15, 2021
- Airport
- 20A · Robbins Fld, runway 6, 4,203 × 80 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Airframe parachute
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
- 64
- Injuries
- Serious
- Medical
- Sport pilot
- Last flight review
- July 6, 2022
- Seat
- Front
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.15 inHg
- Observed at
- GAD, 15 nm away
- METAR
- KGAD 241256Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/13 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP212 T01440128 PNO $
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 21, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 7.3 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.