# Accident 19770507011029A: Picard AX6, Miami, FL, May 7, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1977
- Place: Miami, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N75US-1980-09-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piccard Don AX-6 (registry code 05604UH, https://openairdocs.org/model/piccard-don-ax-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PICARD AX6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77FKT38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FKT38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770507011029A

## Narrative

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

PLT NOT CERTIFICATED FOR FREE BALLOONS.GONDOLA SEPARATED AND BURNED UPON COLLISION WITH POWER 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 MIA77FKT38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FKT38), May 7, 1977: Piccard AX-6 (N75US), Miami, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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