# Accident 19760530017249A: Adams A50S, Stockbridge, GA, May 30, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1976
- Place: Stockbridge, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Location: 33.5296° N, 84.2334° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stockbridge, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5296&lon=-84.2334&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18801, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18801-1977-07-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Adams Balloon A50S (registry code 0050101, https://openairdocs.org/model/adams-balloon-a50s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ADAMS A50S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 38 total, 38 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76DKG69](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76DKG69) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760530017249A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PROPANE GAS IGNITED,BALLOON DESTROYED. PERSONNEL-PAX STUMBLED,STRUCK & BROKE FUEL LINE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA76DKG69](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76DKG69), May 30, 1976: Adams A50S (N18801), Stockbridge, GA, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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