Small Aircraft
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Private
Communication Breakdown; Situational Awareness
Conflict NMAC
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors
While landing Runway 17 at Chetek Municipal Southworth Airport (Y23) at dusk; an unlighted powered parachute; with no lights made a radical and unpredicted turn into the final segment of Runway 17. Evasive action was taken to avoid colliding with the powered parachute; a hard left bank and climb was initiated to avoid the unlighted powered parachute at dusk. Powered parachutes tend to fly out of Y23 in the evening time but are always lighted and typically communicate over the multicom.
Pilot reported a NMAC with a powered parachute while on final approach to Y23.