# NTSB CEN14CA490: Buckeye Dream, Monee, IL, September 8, 2014

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: September 7, 2014, 19:09 local (Sep 8, 2014, 00:09 UTC)
- Place: Monee, IL
- Coordinates: 41.420276, -87.758331 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4203&lon=-87.7583&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 2015
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Central Region
- NTSB case key (mKey): 90051
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN14CA490
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/90051/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=90051
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA490

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to see and avoid power lines while maneuvering low to the ground, which resulted in a collision and loss of control.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Attention/monitoring: monitoring environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545): Personnel issues › Psychological · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545/cases.md)
- [Object/animal/substance: wire](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022032): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on equipment; cases with it: [All aircraft, 588 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022032/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)
- [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)
- [Uncontrolled descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The sport pilot was maneuvering at a low altitude over a field in his unregistered powered parachute when he struck a set of 30-foot-tall power lines. The aircraft descended nose down into the ground resulting in substantial damage to the airframe. The pilot reported there were no mechanical deficiencies that contributed to the accident.

## Factual narrative

The sport pilot was maneuvering at a low altitude over a field in his unregistered powered parachute when he struck a set of 30-foot-tall power lines. The aircraft descended nose down into the ground resulting in substantial damage to the airframe. The pilot reported there were no mechanical deficiencies that contributed to the accident.

## Aircraft

- Registration: UNREG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BUCKEYE DREAM
- Category: Powered parachute, amateur-built
- Serial number: Unk
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental light sport (Special)
- Destination: Monee, IL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; injuries: serious; sport pilot; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: sport pilot; last flight review August 20, 2013; flight hours: 635 total, 590 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 18, 2015, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=90051. 60 KB in all.

- Excerpt of FAA Report 8020-23 (item 1, .PDF, 60 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40422632&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Excerpt%20of%20FAA%20Report%208020-23-Master.PDF

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.

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