19881003043649A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Picard AX-6 · Albuquerque, NM · October 3, 1988

Date: October 3, 1988 · 08:50 local
Place: Albuquerque, NM
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N99US
NTSB investigation: NTSBDEN89LA003
Reported as: Picard AX6
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,407 total18 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N99USRegistration cancelled Dec 1, 2014 · Piccard AX-6S/N 699 · Built 1974 Airframe modelPiccard AX-6 Engine modelNONENone

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What happened

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Misjudged power response landing over a powerline. Unable to climb. Deflated but bag hit wires and burned.

As the FAA filed it

MISJUDGED POWER RESPONSE LANDING OVER A POWERLINE. UNABLE TO CLIMB. DEFLATED BUT BAG HIT WIRES AND BURNED.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB DEN89LA003Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAlbuquerque, NMThe commercial plt was competing in a balloon fiesta, with 2 pax. The plt selected a landing field with power lines and a street running east and west across it. The balloon was drifting south and the plt selected the south end of the field for landing,…Oct 3, 1988 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N99US · 3

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

Accident 19900623022139ALevel Off Touchdown · Peaster, TXMade hard landing. Wind dragged basket which turned over trapping pilot. Pilot rescued balloon destroyed by fire.Jun 23, 1990 · Destroyed Accident 19830711038689ALevel Off Touchdown · Azle, TXBalloon collided with electrical wires during landing.Jul 11, 1983 · Substantial damage · 1 fatal Accident 19830312008089ALevel Off Touchdown · Springtown, TXStudent made a drag in landing and received a fractured knee after striking it on a gas fuel bottle.Mar 12, 1983