Buckeye DREAM MACHINE
N9297Z is a Buckeye DREAM MACHINE, a powered parachute with a two-stroke engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Hutchinson, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 15, 2018 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated December 6, 2007.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Buckeye
- Model
- DREAM MACHINE · all DREAM MACHINEs and related versions
- Built of
- fabric wing and steel frameA powered parachute: a fabric wing above a steel-tube cart with the engine and seats. This is how the Buckeye DREAM MACHINE family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 3692
- Type
- Powered parachuteFAA type of aircraft code 8 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Two-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 7 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 503 SERIES · 52 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- ACE2FE (octal 53161376)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 15, 2018
- Expires
- May 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 12, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Registered before Jan 31, 2008FAA certificate purpose code 8A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · December 6, 2007
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00375819
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Yoder Calvin J
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 3313 W Morgan Ave
Hutchinson, KS 67501-7850
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N9297Z links to the rest of the register
- Buckeye DREAM MACHINE 93 registered
- Buckeye 150 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric wing and steel frame · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Rotax 503 series 449 aircraft with this engine series · 52 hp
- Hutchinson, KS 35 aircraft registered in this town
- Hutchinson Regional · HUT
- Kansas 5,731 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N9297Z.json.
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The public federal record on N9297Z, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Yoder Calvin J, an individual, certificate issued May 15, 2018, expires May 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3692 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N9297Z was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Let BLANIK L-13 (serial 026505, cancelled March 31, 2004). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
2 NTSB records under N9297Z: Accident on August 4, 2001 at Marlette, MI: serious injuries, minor damage. Accident on May 26, 1990 at Oxford, MI: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Blanik L-13 · operated under 091
Ground crew personnel improperly connected the tow winch cable prior to takeoff which resulted in one side of the winch cable coming disconnected. Factors associated with the accident were the ditch and the tree branch which the airplane contacted.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Let L-13 · operated under 091
THE GLIDER PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AIRCRAFT CONTROL DURING THE TOUCHDOWN AND LANDING ROLL. THE POORLY EXECUTED APPROACH TO LANDING, AND ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN WERE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS IN THIS ACCIDENT.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data