20081228857359A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Buckey DREAM MACHINE · December 28, 2008

Date
December 28, 2008 · 10:00 local
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6068E
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA09CA129
Reported as
Buckey Dreammachine
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
452 total450 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) When enroute fro valkaria to sabastion at 500 fet the pilot descended during flight and contacted a support cable, resulting in the aircraft to awing and impact the ground. The accident caused no damage to any surrounding property. The aircraft upon inspection sustained substantial damage, the left gear severed from the aircraft frame and several airframe braces were either broke or bent, propeller damage on two blades and his canopy showed significant wear and holes throughout the chute.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHEN ENROUTE FRO VALKARIA TO SABASTION AT 500 FET THE PILOT DESCENDED DURING FLIGHT AND CONTACTED A SUPPORT CABLE, RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT TO AWING AND IMPACT THE GROUND. THE ACCIDENT CAUSED NO DAMAGE TO ANY SURROUNDING PROPERTY. THE AIRCRAFT UPON INSPECTION SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, THE LEFT GEAR SEVERED FROM THE AIRCRAFT FRAME AND SEVERAL AIRFRAME BRACES WERE EITHER BROKE OR BENT, PROPELLER DAMAGE ON TWO BLADES AND HIS CANOPY SHOWED SIGNIFICANT WEAR AND HOLES THROUGHOUT THE CHUTE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.