# Accident 19980916040559A: Amtr DREAMMACH582, Franklin, NC, September 16, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1998, 08:00 local time
- Place: Franklin, NC
- Airport: Macon County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2223° N, 83.4200° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MACON COUNTY (1A5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2223&lon=-83.4200&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR DREAMMACH582
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980916040559A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23)ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1998, ABOUT 0800 EDT A HOPKINS BUCK EYE DREAM MACHINE 582, AN UNREGISTERED POWERED PARACHUTE, COLLIDED WITH TREES DURING MANEUVERING FLIGHT NEAR FRANKLIN, NORTH CAROLINA. THE ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED BY THE OWNER/PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91, AND VISUAL FLIGHT RULES.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT.  THERE WERE MINOR INJURIES TO THE NON-CERTIFICATED PILOT, SERIOUS INJURIES TO HIS PASSENGER, AND THE ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED THE FRANKLIN AIRPORT EARLER THE SAME MORNING, AT AN UNDETERMINED TIME.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE HAS TAKEN HIS PASSENGER TO VIEW HER PROPERTY FROM THE POWER PARACHUTE.  THE PILOT STATED HE MISCALCULATED THE WEIGHT PENALTY OF THE PASSENGER.  WHILE MANEUVERING THE ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT INSIDE A "COVE", THE AIRCRAFT COULD NOT CLIMB ABOVE THE TOPS OF TREES.  THE PARACHUTE SNAGGED LIMBS WHICH BROKE, AND THE VEHICLE FELL ABOUT 20 FEET TO THE GROUND.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR.  HE ESTIMATED THE CLOUDS WERE ABOVE 1,000 FEET, AND HE FLEW AROUND PATCHES OF FOG THAT WERE LIFTING DURING THE FLI GHT. (.4)THE PILOT HAD TAKEN A PASSENGER IN HIS POWERED PARACHUTE TO SEE HER PROPERTY FROM THE AIR. WHILE MANEUVERING INSIDE A 'COVE' THE POWERED PARACHUTE COLLIDED WITH A TREE, THE PARACHUTE SNAGGED ON TREE LIMBS THAT BROKE, AND THE VEHICLE FELL TO THE GROUND. THE NON-CERTIFICATED PILOT STATED HE HAD MISCALCULATED THE CLIMB PERFORMANCE PENALTY OF THE PASSENGER'S WEIGHT, AND COULD NOT CLIMB OVER THE TREE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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