# Incident 19960430008939I: Memphis Airships ZEPHYR 500, St Petersburg, FL, April 30, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1996
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Location: 27.7709° N, 82.6793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Petersburg, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7709&lon=-82.6793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9243S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9243S-2013-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Memphis Airships ZEPHYR 500 (registry code 05602GW, https://openairdocs.org/model/memphis-airships-zephyr-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960430008939I

## Narrative

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

BLIMP WAS TIED DOWN, GUST OF WIND BROKE THE TETHER LINE, HIT A BUILDING.

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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