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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Picard AX-6 · Hopkins, MI · September 14, 1983

Date: September 14, 1983 · 19:30 local
Place: Hopkins, MI
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N57US
Reported as: Picard AX6
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 250 total250 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N57USRegistration cancelled Jul 1, 2013 · Piccard AX-6S/N 657 Airframe modelPiccard AX-6

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Balloon struck wires stretched along a road while attempting a landing in a field. Caused wires to arc.

As the FAA filed it

BALLOON STRUCK WIRES STRETCHED ALONG A ROAD WHILE ATTEMPTING A LANDING IN A FIELD. CAUSED WIRES TO ARC.

Other reports on N57US · 1

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

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