# Accident 20081005849829A: Buckey DREAMMACHINE, Lexington, KY, October 5, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2008, 17:30 local time
- Place: Lexington, KY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9817° N, 84.4128° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9817&lon=-84.4128&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75331, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N75331) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Buckeye DREAM MACHINE (registry code 05901BU, https://openairdocs.org/model/buckeye-dream-machine) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582SER (registry code 55556, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BUCKEY DREAMMACHINE
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 24 total, 24 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081005849829A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 5, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 17:30 HRS EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A BUCKEYE DREAM MACHINE, POWERED PARACHUTE, (SERIAL#3821) PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (STUDENT PILOT# ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^) WAS ATTTEMPTING TO TAKEOFF FROM A FARM FIELD LOCATED AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  ON TAKEOFF ROLL ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CHECKED HIS PARACHUTE FOR PROPER INFLATION AND THAT IT WAS CENTERED ABOVE THE FUSELAGE.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NOTICED THE RIGHT END OF THE CHUTE WAS NOT FULLY INFLATED BUT CONTINUED WITH THE TAKEOFF.  AT LIFT OFF, THE AIRCRAFT FLEW APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS, CONTACTED THE GROUND AGAIN AND THEN WENT AIRBORNE.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO CLIMB UNTIL THE RIGHT WHEEL OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED POWERLINES.  THE AIRCRAFT SNAPPED THE WIRE AND BEGAN TO OSCILLATE UNDER THE CANOPY AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FOUGHT TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED FORWARD WHERE THE CHUTE MADE CONTACT WITH A SECOND SET OF POWER LINES THROWING THE AIRCRAFT INTO TREES.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE TREES APPROXIMATELY 10 FT ABOVE THE GROUND AND SLID DOWN TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THERE WAS NO POST ACCIDENT FIRE AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS NOT INJURED AND REFUSED MEDICAL ATTENTION.

## 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 ERA09CA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA003), Oct 5, 2008: Buckeye Dream Machine (N75331), Lexington, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper decision to continue the takeoff.

## Other reports on N75331 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20241027015129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241027015129A), Oct 27, 2024: Buckeye DREAM MACHINE (N75331), Nicholasville, KY, Substantial damage, 2 fatal. While approaching to land at a grass strip on private property near [privacy data omitted]in Nicholasville, KY, a powered parachute (ppc) impacted the ground…

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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