# Incident 20120426007779I: Buckeye DREAM MACHINE, Gassville, AR, April 26, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2012, 08:57 local time
- Place: Gassville, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2849° N, 92.4868° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gassville, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2849&lon=-92.4868&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7592A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7592A) (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: BUCKEYE DREAM MACHINE
- Reported engine: ROTAX 582
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 250 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120426007779I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 26, 2011 AT 0858 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME, N7592A, ABUCKEYE DREAM MACHINE, EXPERIMENTAL LIGHT SPORT POWERED PARACHUTEAIRCRAFT, OWNED AND BEING OPERATED BY THE EXPERIMENTAL LIGHT SPORTCERTIFICATED PILOT WITH ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD WAS OPERATINING UNDER THEPROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91. THE PILOTMADE AN ATTEMPT TO LAND LONG ON A PRIVATE GRASS AIRSTRIP HEADING 360.WINDS WERE GUSTING 5-8 KNOTS FROM A HEADING OF 270 CAUSING A CROSSWINDCOMING FROM THE PILOTS LEFT. WITH CROSSWIND GUST, THE PILOT ABORTED THELANDING AND ELECTED TO MAKE A RIGHT HAND FLIGHT PATTERN. A SAFE LEFTFLIGHT PATTERN WAS HINDERED BY TREES IN THE WAY OF THE FLIGHT PATH.AFTER TURNING RIGHT; ON CLIMB OUT THE PILOT DID NOT MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED AND THE POWERED PARACHUTE'S CANOPY LOSTITS LIFT AND BEGAN TO DEFLATE, CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO DECEND. ON DECENT,THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE TOP OF A 20 FOOT TELEPHONE POLE, AND THEN FELL TOTHE GROUND. NEITHER THE PRIVATE PILOT, NOR HIS PASSENGER WAS INJURED. THEAIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND SHROUD. VISUALMETEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.

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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