# NTSB Accident ERA25LA089
> **BUCKEYE DREAM MACHINE** · 2024-12-21 · Myakka City, FL, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA25LA089
- **Event ID:** 20250102199501
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2024-12-21
- **Location:** Myakka City, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 27.340327, -82.137442
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** BUCKEYE
- **Model:** DREAM MACHINE
- **Registration:** UNREG
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** —
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The non-certificated pilot’s improper decision to operate the powered parachute in close proximity to a fence, which resulted in a collision with the fence during takeoff. Also causal was the pilot’s decision to operate the powered parachute without having received any formal training.

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