# Incident 19840526045769I: Picard AX6, Corona, CA, May 26, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1984, 07:00 local time
- Place: Corona, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- 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: 1,500 total, 118 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840526045769I

## Narrative

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

FLAME COMING OUT OF THE FUEL AIR MIXING VALVE FITTING. FUEL TURNED OFF. PILOT LIGHT TUBE PARTIALLY PLUGGED WITH MUD

## Other reports on N2512C (2)

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

- [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.
- [Accident 19810705037849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810705037849A), Jul 5, 1981: Picard AX6 (N2512C), Corona, CA, Destroyed. Rip-cord opened blast valve during deflation. Residual fuel in pilot light relighted burner.

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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