# Incident 19790516100329I: Picard AX6, Ada, MI, May 16, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1979, 20:30 local time
- Place: Ada, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9542° N, 85.4889° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ada, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9542&lon=-85.4889&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54DP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54DP-2012-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piccard AX-6 (registry code 7001218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piccard-ax-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PICARD AX6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 15 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790516100329I

## Narrative

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

BALLOON STUDENT PILOT HIT WIRES WHEN HE LANDED SHORT OF INTENDED AREA.

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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