Powered parachute

N5116N

1995 Buckeye Powered Parachutes Dream Machine

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1995
Serial
3365
Class
Powered parachute
Engines
Rotax 582UL
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Terre Haute, IN
Registration record

N5116N on the FAA register

Type
1995 Buckeye Powered Parachutes Dream Machine
Serial
3365
Engines
Rotax 582UL
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Terre Haute, IN
Certificate issued
2006-06-30
Airworthiness date
2006-10-12
Registration expires
2027-07-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · light-sport
Mode S (hex)
A6685D
Mode S (octal)
51464135
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2006-10-12
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (light-sport)).
  • 2006-06-30
    Certificate of registration issued as N5116N to the current registrant.
  • 1998-06-10
    N5116N previously assigned to a Cessna 182Q Skylane (s/n 18267527); cancelled.
  • 1995
    Manufactured (1995).
  • 1953-01-09
    N5116N previously assigned to a Boeing B-17G (s/n 8416); cancelled.
Overview

About N5116N

N5116N is a 1995 Buckeye Powered Parachutes Dream Machine, serial number 3365. It is registered to an individual in Terre Haute, Indiana. The current certificate of registration was issued on June 30, 2006 and expires on July 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a powered parachute, one Rotax 582UL engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (light-sport), dated October 12, 2006.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N5116N. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1996-11-12 Accident · Colorado City, TX Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · FTW97FA039
Reported aircraft: Cessna 182Q — a different aircraft that carried the N5116N registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: the pilot's encounter with instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and his subsequent loss of aircraft control, due to spatial disorientation. Factors relating to the accident were: the clouds, low ceilings, and the pilot's lack of recent instrument experience.

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.