# Incident 19820604065839I: Picard AX6, Rochester, MI, June 4, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 1982, 21:00 local time
- Place: Rochester, MI
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6866° N, 83.1197° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6866&lon=-83.1197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3TM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3TM-1999-08-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piccard AX-6 (registry code 7001218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piccard-ax-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PICARD AX6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 100 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820604065839I

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED DOWNDRAFT NEAR POWERLINES. UNABLE TO CLIMB, MADE EMERGENCY DESCENT, BALLOON HIT WIRES AFTER LANDING.

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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