Buckeye DREAM MACHINE accident near Russellville, TN
On June 4, 2011, a Buckeye DREAM MACHINE was involved in an accident near Russellville, TN. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- June 4, 2011
- Place
- Russellville, TN
- Aircraft
- Buckeye DREAM MACHINE · PPAR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 36.257°N, 83.195°W
- NTSB ID
- 20110605X61442
Official records · ERA11LA326
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
On June 4, 2011, at 1546 eastern daylight time, a Buckeye Dream Machine powered parachute, N3561F, collided with, and remained suspended in trees in the vicinity of Lake Cherokee, Russellville, Tennessee. The certificated sport pilot was fatally injured when the airframe fell from the trees. The powered parachute was registered to and operated by the pilot/owner under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the flight, which originated from Moore-Murrell Airport (MOR), Morristown, Tennessee, at 1449. In telephone interviews with a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) aviation safety inspector, both the pilot's wife and son stated that they had witnesses various portions of the accident flight and that both had seen the powered parachute just before it entered the trees. The pilot's wife stated that she had seen the powered parachute as it "flew around the lake" but she was unable to estimate its altitude. She added that the parachute appeared to "collapse" before it entered the trees. The pilot's son stated that the parachute was flying for "a while," approximately 20 feet above the trees, when the parachute collapsed and disappeared from view. He stated he was too far away to discern whether or not the engine was running. The pilot's son then responded to the accident site with an acquaintance. Police officers spoke to the pilot for about two to three minutes before the aircraft broke out of the tree tops and fell to the ground. During the brief conversation
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to switch fuel tanks when the fuel was exhausted, which resulted in fuel starvation and a total loss of engine power.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
