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Buckeye Aviation DREAM MACHINE

48 on the U.S. register. Built from 1994 to 2007; half of them date from 2000 or earlier. Illinois has the most (9). 0% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals, who are not named here at this time.

Buckeye Aviation DREAM MACHINE: American powered parachute
Photo: Tysto, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · Buckeye Dream Machine on Wikipedia

About the DREAM MACHINE from the FAA's model table

Type
Powered parachute · Weight-shift and powered parachutes
Power
Two-cycle piston, 1 engine
Common engines
Rotax 582Dcdi (20), Rotax 582Ser (17), Rotax 582Ul (2)
Seats
2
Built of
fabric wing and steel frame
Maker on the register
Buckeye Aviation
Registered
earliest certificate March 23, 2005; newest September 17, 2025

Who owns them registrant type

By owner type, as a table
aircraftshare
Individual4696%
Co-owned24%

Versions as the FAA records them · click one to list only those aircraft

VersionRegisteredBuiltShare
DREAM MACHINE481994 to 2007100.0%

When they were built by decade · 12 with no year on file

05101520161990202000
By decade built, as a table
aircraft
199016
200020

Registrations by year certificates issued since 2010, including changes of owner · 2026 is the year so far

Registrations by year, as a table
aircraft
20111
20123
20131
20141
20161
20171
20182
20194
20204
20213
20222
20234
20253

Registration status

By status, as a table
aircraftshare
Valid48100%

Airworthiness certificate class

By airworthiness certificate, as a table
aircraftshare
Experimental4390%
None on file510%

Biggest operators companies, schools and clubs

No data

Accident history NTSB records · 1 cases since 1982, 1 fatal

2017-04-02ERA17FA144 · DREAM MACHINE N4017L · accident near Knoxville, TN · 1 killed

The 1 most recent of 1 cases where the NTSB's make and model match this family's versions. Each aircraft's own page also shows its record. How this model compares with others, with the fleet taken into account: Accidents by model in Aviation Analytics.

Questions people ask answers refresh every morning

How many Buckeye Aviation DREAM MACHINE aircraft are registered in the U.S.?

48 as of October 23, 2026, counting 1 version the FAA records separately.

Which state has the most Buckeye Aviation DREAM MACHINEs?

Illinois, with 9.

Who owns the Buckeye Aviation DREAM MACHINE?

0% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals and co-owners, who are not named on this site at this time.

When were the Buckeye Aviation DREAM MACHINEs on the register built?

Between 1994 and 2007; half of them in 2000 or earlier.

How many Buckeye Aviation DREAM MACHINE accidents has the NTSB recorded?

1 accidents and incidents since 1982, 1 of them fatal. A model flown more shows more; the accident analytics compare models per thousand registered.

What is the Buckeye Aviation DREAM MACHINE made of?

A powered parachute: a fabric wing above a steel-tube cart with the engine and seats. The FAA's type certificate data sheet is the authority for any one model.

Connections how the DREAM MACHINE links to the rest of the register

Engines
Where they are
Record

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/model/buckeye-aviation/dream-machine.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 48

Tail no.Maker and modelOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N2486Z Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Indiana
Experimental 2025-09-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N3853V Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Tennessee
Experimental 2025-09-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N9299E Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Kentucky
Experimental 2025-04-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N124JA Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Florida
Experimental 2023-12-21 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N8019Q Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Michigan
Experimental 2023-10-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N120JA Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Florida
Experimental 2023-10-12 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N25670 Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
California
Experimental 2023-08-13 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N75071 Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Co-owned owner
Pennsylvania
Experimental 2022-12-19 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N909WX Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Florida
Experimental 2022-11-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N2541Y Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Georgia
Experimental 2021-09-16 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N5620Y Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Indiana
Experimental 2021-07-27 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N5112F Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Arkansas
Experimental 2021-01-29 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N3862V Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Indiana
Experimental 2020-10-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N1659L Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Wisconsin
Experimental 2020-09-28 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N7083J Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Illinois
Experimental 2020-09-16 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N2545N Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Pennsylvania
Experimental 2020-06-01 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N9080G Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Massachusetts
Experimental 2019-11-21 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N383WB Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Pennsylvania
Experimental 2019-09-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N505PS Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Pennsylvania
Experimental 2019-09-03 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N960KE Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Utah
Experimental 2019-07-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N2496Q Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Indiana
None on file 2018-05-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N1225S Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Co-owned owner
Kentucky
None on file 2018-04-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N8611N Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Virginia
Experimental 2017-08-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N3754S Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Illinois
Experimental 2016-06-01 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N582JH Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Virginia
Experimental 2014-03-21 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N6062U Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Georgia
Experimental 2013-01-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N468XG Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Pennsylvania
Experimental 2012-08-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N3856V Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Mississippi
Experimental 2012-07-03 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N971DG Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Virginia
Experimental 2012-05-16 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N437PD Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Pennsylvania
None on file 2011-03-21 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N2520Z Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Colorado
Experimental 2009-12-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N75585 Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Alabama
Experimental 2008-01-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N5703C Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Nebraska
Experimental 2007-10-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N660RT Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Illinois
Experimental 2007-09-21 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N41061 Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Illinois
Experimental 2007-08-23 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N8049U Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Indiana
Experimental 2007-07-27 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N7173Y Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Illinois
Experimental 2007-06-29 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N7193K Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
California
Experimental 2007-06-27 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N6574L Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Illinois
None on file 2007-05-01 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N279JM Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
New York
None on file 2007-04-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N582EH Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Virginia
Experimental 2007-04-12 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N945AZ Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Nebraska
Experimental 2007-02-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N721KB Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
California
Experimental 2007-01-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N94534 Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Ohio
Experimental 2006-11-16 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N94526 Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Illinois
Experimental 2006-11-15 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N4385J Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Illinois
Experimental 2006-11-03 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N99WX Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Illinois
Experimental 2006-09-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N44020 Buckeye Aviation
DREAM MACHINE
Individual owner
Tennessee
Experimental 2005-03-23 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes