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Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Buckeye Industries DREAM MACHINE · St Joseph, MI · September 23, 2013

Date
September 23, 2013 · 18:45 local
Place
St Joseph, MI
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6122F
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN13LA555
Reported as
Buckeye Industries Dream Machine
Reported engine
ROTAX 503
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
250 total250 in this make and model4 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.

On 09/23/2013 at 1845 EST, N6122F, a Buckeye Dream Machine powered chute crashed at a private strip in St Joseph, Michigan. Two souls onboard with passenger sustained injury. The aircraft sustained minor damage. The weather was VMC at time of accident.

As the FAA filed it

ON 09/23/2013 AT 1845 EST, N6122F, A BUCKEYE DREAM MACHINE POWERED CHUTE CRASHED AT A PRIVATE STRIP IN ST JOSEPH, MICHIGAN. TWO SOULS ONBOARD WITH PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE WEATHER WAS VMC AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.

NTSB investigation

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