Buckeye BREEZE XL N582W

Summary

On 21 February 2007 at about 21:35 local time, a Buckeye BREEZE XL registered N582W was involved in an accident near Buffalo City, Arkansas, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

21 February 2007 at 21:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Buffalo City, Arkansas, United States

Coordinates

36.2033, -92.4522

Aircraft

Buckeye BREEZE XL

Registration

N582W

Category

Powered-Lift

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mountain Home → Buffalo City

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW07CA079

1 person was seriously injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft during approach. A contributing factor was the reported encounter with severe turbulence.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The 72-hour sport pilot initiated a descent to an open field where he intended to perform a touch and go landing on his registered powered parachute. The pilot, who reported having accumulated a total of 4 hours in the same make and model was seriously injured. The 15-statute mile flight was planned as a flight of two Rotax 582 powered parachutes. The pilot stated in the Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report (NTSB Form 6120.1) that he had "no memory of the flight;" however, a witness who was flying the other powered parachute, stated that the accident pilot was flying approximately 100 feet above the ground while maneuvering to land, when "he encountered severe turbulence causing the powered parachute to go into a tight spiral." The parachute impacted the ground at a high rate of descent, which was described to be "approximately 40 miles per hour descent rate." The weather at the nearest weather reporting station located approximately 9 miles to the northwest of the accident site, reported the wind from the east-northeast at 6 miles per hour, clear skies, visibility 10 statute miles, and a barometric pressure setting of 29.93 inches of Mercury.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.