# NTSB LAX07CA259: Six Chutter SR7, Toledo, WA, August 5, 2007 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: August 5, 2007, 11:34 local (18:34 UTC) - Place: Toledo, WA - Coordinates: 46.480556, -122.815002 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4806&lon=-122.8150&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Serious injuries - Injuries: 2 serious - Status: Completed, report October 31, 2007 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 66597 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX07CA259 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66597/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA259 ## Probable cause A hard landing following the pilot's in-flight loss of control. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled - terrain condition - ground (cause) ## Analysis The pilot made a hard landing in his powered parachute following an in-flight loss of control. The 2-place aircraft exceeded the requirements of 14 CFR Part 103, was not registered, and the pilot did not hold any Federal Aviation Administration pilot certificates. The pilot said he lost control of his aircraft after taking off, and it veered toward a tree. The pilot attempted to redirect his course, and he cut engine power, which resulted in a hard landing. ## Factual narrative On August 5, 2007, about 1134 Pacific daylight time, an unregistered powered parachute made a hard landing at the Ed Carlson Memorial Field - South Lewis County Airport, Toledo, Washington. The unregistered aircraft was substantially damaged. The pilot did not hold any Federal Aviation Administration certificates, and he was seriously injured during the personal flight. The passenger was also seriously injured. The accident occurred following takeoff from the Ed Carlson Memorial Field - South Lewis County Airport, Toledo. The pilot had taken off from runway 05 minutes before he lost control of his aircraft. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. The powered parachute bore the following identification tag on its tubular structure: "Six Chutter 2000," and "Mfg by Six Chutter, Inc." Also, it bore the date of manufacture as August 5, 1999. The aircraft was equipped with two seats, a 10-gallon fuel tank, and it had an estimated weight of 600 pounds. An officer from the Lewis County Sheriff's Department responded to the accident site and spoke with the pilot. According to the sheriff, the pilot stated that after taking off the parachute became tangled up. The aircraft veered toward a tree, and the pilot was not successful at redirecting his course of flight. The pilot cut engine power to avoid the tree, and the aircraft landed hard near the runway. As of September 5, 2007, the National Transportation Safety Board investigator has not received the "Aircraft Accident Report" form from the pilot. ## Aircraft - Registration: UNREG (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: Six Chutter, Inc. SR7 - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 95-23-SR7x1 - Engines: unknown UNK reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Vernon D. Delay - Registered owner: None - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Departed: TDO, Toledo, WA - Destination: TDO, Toledo, WA - Airport: TDO, Carlson Meml - South Lewis Co., runway 05, 4,480 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 65; injuries: serious; flight hours: 100 total, 50 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.