# NTSB Accident GAA15LA085
> **DESTINY 2000** · 2015-05-23 · Eltopia, WA, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** GAA15LA085
- **Event ID:** 20150526X72119
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2015-05-23
- **Location:** Eltopia, WA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 46.429721, -119.021667
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** DESTINY
- **Model:** 2000
- **Registration:** N3376
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The flight instructor’s failure to tell the student pilot to abort the takeoff after the powered parachute experienced wing oscillations, which resulted in the student pilot’s loss of aircraft control during initial climb and subsequent impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's decision to conduct training in a powered parachute without dual flight controls.

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