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A Buckeye Aviation DREAM MACHINE, the same model family as N94526
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N94526

Buckeye Aviation DREAM MACHINE

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesIllinois

N94526 is a Buckeye Aviation DREAM MACHINE, a powered parachute with a two-stroke engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Utica, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 15, 2006 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated August 18, 2007.

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Aircraft

Maker
Buckeye Aviation
Model
DREAM MACHINE · all DREAM MACHINEs and related versions
Built of
fabric wing and steel frame
A powered parachute: a fabric wing above a steel-tube cart with the engine and seats. This is how the Buckeye Aviation 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
6082
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 582DCDI · 65 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
AD2278 (octal 53221170)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
November 15, 2006
Expires
January 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 7, 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 · August 18, 2007
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00300719

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Clancy Kevin R
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
PO Box 438
Utica, IL 61373-0438

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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

1996-12-26Cessna 152 · Sale reported

Connections how N94526 links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Utica, IL 3 aircraft registered in this town
  • Illinois 8,070 aircraft registered

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N94526.json.

Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N94526, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Clancy Kevin R, an individual, certificate issued November 15, 2006, expires January 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6082 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N94526 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 152 (serial 15285704, cancelled December 26, 1996). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N94526: Accident on October 4, 1996 at Hartsville, SC: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

MIA97LA002Accident on October 4, 1996 at Hartsville, SC: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 15285704

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 152 · operated under 091

The student pilot's failure to maintain airspeed (VSO) during a go-around resulting in an inadvertent stall, and subsequent in-flight collision with terrain and nose over.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 13, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data