Accident · 1998-09-16

NTSB case ATL98LA125 · Hopkins Buckeye Industries DREAM MACHINE 582 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1998-09-16
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: Hopkins Buckeye Industries DREAM MACHINE 582 (NUNREG)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

The non-certificated pilot's inadequate judgement of the required climb rate, and his failure to attain clearance from obstacles.

Source: NTSB case ATL98LA125

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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