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Accident

FAA accident report · Picard AX-6 · Pilothill, CA · July 14, 1988

Date
July 14, 1988 · 07:45 local
Place
Pilothill, CA
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N2614M
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX88LA255
Reported as
Picard AX6
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
498 total498 in this make and model43 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Wind gust hit balloon just prior to touchdown causing a hard landing and passenger injury.

As the FAA filed it

WIND GUST HIT BALLOON JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN CAUSING A HARD LANDING AND PASSENGER INJURY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.