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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Buckeye Industries 582 DREAM MACHINE · Pulaski, WI · June 25, 2012

Date: June 25, 2012 · 10:15 local
Place: Pulaski, WI
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N9391F
Reported as: Buckeye Industries 582 Dream Machine
Reported engine: ROTAX 582DCDI
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 1
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 175 total175 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

N9391FRegistration cancelled Apr 24, 2018 · Buckeye Industries 582 DREAM MACHINES/N 5002 · Built 2000 Airframe modelBuckeye Industries 582 DREAM MACHINE Engine modelRotax 582DCDI2 cycle

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What happened

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

On June 25, 2012, at 10:00 cdst a Buckeye 582 dream machine, powered parachute, made unscheduled hard landing in a farmer's field near Pulaski, Wisconsin. The pilot received minor injuries and the aircraft has substanial damage. The aircraft was being operated part 91 for pleasure and the meteorological conditions were VFR. The aircraft departed from a private strip and that was also the intended final destination. The pilot stated that as he was allowing the engine to come up to operating tempature a gust of wind lifted up the chute and upon takeoff the left side of the chute didn't open correctly causing the power parachute to stay in a continuous right turn as he tried to land the right main gear hit the ground first breaking off the wheel and tipping the machine on it's side.

As the FAA filed it

ON JUNE 25, 2012, AT 10:00 CDST A BUCKEYE 582 DREAM MACHINE, POWERED PARACHUTE, MADE UNSCHEDULED HARD LANDING IN A FARMER'S FIELD NEAR PULASKI, WISCONSIN. THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT HAS SUBSTANIAL DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED PART 91 FOR PLEASURE AND THE METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WERE VFR. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM A PRIVATE STRIP AND THAT WAS ALSO THE INTENDED FINAL DESTINATION.THE PILOT STATED THAT AS HE WAS ALLOWING THE ENGINE TO COME UP TO OPERATING TEMPATURE A GUST OF WIND LIFTED UP THE CHUTE AND UPON TAKEOFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CHUTE DIDN'T OPEN CORRECTLY CAUSING THE POWER PARACHUTE TO STAY IN A CONTINUOUS RIGHT TURN AS HE TRIED TO LAND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR HIT THE GROUND FIRST BREAKING OFF THE WHEEL AND TIPPING THE MACHINE ON IT'S SIDE.