- Date
- September 10, 2023, 19:50 local (Sep 11, 2023, 00:50 UTC)
- Place
- Fortuna, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- UNREGBuckeye Dream Machine
- Defining event
- Maneuvering: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- Case key
- 193109
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Probable cause
The non-certificated pilot’s failure to maintain the unregistered powered parachute’s clearance from power lines.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The non-certificated pilot was operating the unregistered powered parachute, when the parachute collided with power lines. The parachute risers sustained substantial damage. The pilot was ejected from the powered parachute and sustained minor injuries. No further information could be obtained and the reason for the pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from the power lines was not determined. The pilot did not submit the National Transportation Safety Board Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident/Incident Report Form 6120.1.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Buckeye Dream Machine
- Category
- Powered parachute, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 3317
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Private Individual
- Airworthiness certificate
- None
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Injuries
- Minor
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Front
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.11 inHg
- Observed at
- KDMO, 20 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KDMO 110053Z AUTO 18005KT 10SM CLR 23/16 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP192 T02280161=
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 30, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 906 KB in all.