# Accident 20070221001949A: Buckey BREEZEXL, Buford, AR, February 21, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2007, 15:35 local time
- Place: Buford, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2033° N, 92.4522° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2033&lon=-92.4522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N582W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N582W-2022-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Buckeye BREEZE XL (registry code 05901YA, https://openairdocs.org/model/buckeye-breeze-xl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582DCDI (registry code 55562, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582dcdi) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BUCKEY BREEZEXL
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 15 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07CA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070221001949A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 02/21/2007 APPROXIMATELY 15:35 CST A BUCKEYE BREEZE-LX, N582W, A FAA REGISTERED POWER PARACHUTE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NEAR BUFORD, AR ENTERED A LEFT TURN TO THE WEST OF A VACANT FIELD AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FLYING ANOTHER POWER PARACHUTE NEARBY AND WITNESSED THE LANDING ATTEMPT BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WITNESSED THE PILOT'S ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AIRCRAFT MAKE A TIGHT TURN AND START TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL. HE SAID THE PILOT'S ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CANOPY LOST LIFT AND WAS TOO LOW TO PUT OUT OF THE SPIN. AT THIS POINT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 FT ABOVE THE GROUND. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IMPACTED THE GROUND AT AN ESTIMATED 40 MPH. AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB DFW07CA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA079), Feb 21, 2007: Buckeye Breeze XL (N582W), Buffalo City, AR, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft during approach. A contributing factor was the reported encounter with severe turbulence.

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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