# Accident 19810705037849A: Picard AX6, Corona, CA, July 5, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1981, 08:30 local time
- Place: Corona, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8753° N, 117.5664° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Corona, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8753&lon=-117.5664&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2512C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2512C-2013-07-30) (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: 1,400 total, 30 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DUG36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUG36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810705037849A

## Narrative

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

RIP-CORD OPENED BLAST VALVE DURING DEFLATION. RESIDUAL FUEL IN PILOT LIGHT RELIGHTED BURNER.

## 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 LAX81DUG36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUG36), Jul 5, 1981: Piccard AX-6 (N2512C), Corona, CA, destroyed

## Other reports on N2512C (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19840526045769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840526045769I), May 26, 1984: Picard AX6 (N2512C), Corona, CA, Minor damage. Flame coming out of the fuel air mixing valve fitting. Fuel turned off. Pilot light tube partially plugged with mud
- [Incident 19840205010169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840205010169I), Feb 5, 1984: Picard AX6 (N2512C), Corona, CA, Minor damage. During landing approach hit an unseen electrical line, breaking same. Pilot received minor face burns.

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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