# Accident 19801023061499A: Picard AX6, Metamora, MI, October 23, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 1980, 18:30 local time
- Place: Metamora, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9455° N, 83.2930° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Metamora, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9455&lon=-83.2930&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2454Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2454Z-2012-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: General Balloon AX-6 (registry code 3760202, https://openairdocs.org/model/general-balloon-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: 101 total, 101 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81DEC02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEC02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801023061499A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK WIRES ON LANDING APPROACH. WIRES SEVERED GONDOLA FROM BALLOON. GONDOLA DROPPED 15 FEET TO GROUND.

## 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 CHI81DEC02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEC02), Oct 23, 1980: Piccard AX-6 (N2454Z), Metamora, MI, substantial damage

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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