Powered parachute

N40296

1998 Buckeye Aviation/Green L Dream Machine

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1998
Serial
4113
Class
Powered parachute
Engines
Rotax 582SER
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Bluffton, IN
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Registration record

N40296 on the FAA register

Type
1998 Buckeye Aviation/Green L Dream Machine
Serial
4113
Engines
Rotax 582SER
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Bluffton, IN
Certificate issued
2007-02-06
Airworthiness date
2007-05-19
Registration expires
2029-07-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · light-sport
Mode S (hex)
A4B7C1
Mode S (octal)
51133701
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2007-05-19
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (light-sport)).
  • 2007-02-06
    Certificate of registration issued as N40296 to the current registrant.
  • 1998
    Manufactured (1998).
  • 1973-06-25
    N40296 previously assigned to a Piper Turbo Aztec F / Turbo Aztec E / Aztec B (s/n 27-7305111); cancelled.
Overview

About N40296

N40296 is a 1998 Buckeye Aviation/Green L Dream Machine, serial number 4113. It is registered to an individual in Bluffton, Indiana. The current certificate of registration was issued on February 6, 2007 and expires on July 31, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a powered parachute, one Rotax 582SER engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (light-sport), dated May 19, 2007.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N40296. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2001-05-07 Accident · Conchas, NM Damage: Substantial NTSB · DEN01TA095
Reported aircraft: Hiller UH-12E — a different aircraft that carried the N40296 registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: the pilot's misjudgment of the flare, which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing factors were weather conditions conducive to carburetor icing, the pilot's delay in applying carburetor heat, and his inattention to the carburetor air temperature gauge.
1985-07-18 Accident · Pickens, SC Damage: Substantial NTSB · ATL85LA219
Reported aircraft: Hiller UH-12E — a different aircraft that carried the N40296 registration before this airframe.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.