# Piccard AX-3

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry codes: 7001213, 05604T7
- Manufacturer (registry): PICCARD
- Model: AX-3
- Aircraft type: Balloon
- Category: Balloon
- Engines: None
- Seats: 1
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/piccard-ax-3

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker. The FAA lists this model under more than one registry code, usually for different spellings of the maker. This page covers them all.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

None matched.

## Registered aircraft (1)

- [N65DC](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65DC): [Lester David J](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/LESTER%20DAVID%20J), [Centennial, CO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CO/Centennial), built 1977, S/N 794

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI79DEP29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEP29), Feb 6, 1979: Piccard AX-3 (N51880), Missing Aircraft, destroyed, 1 fatal

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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.

- [Accident 19790206026569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790206026569A), Feb 6, 1979: Amtrpi AX3 (N51880), WI, Damage unknown. Acft & pilot missing. When last seen the balloon was traveling NE over lake Michigan.

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Primm Jim AX-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/primm-jim-ax-3): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05637CA
- [Krieg AX-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/krieg-ax-3): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05604T4
- [Klowan Russ AX3](https://openairdocs.org/model/klowan-russ-ax3): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 056226H
- [Cook AX-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/cook-ax-3): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05637C2
- [Hibbard-Philip AX-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/hibbard-philip-ax-3): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05637D1
- [Barnes Alfred C III AX 3](https://openairdocs.org/model/barnes-alfred-c-iii-ax-3): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05637EJ
- [Desmond Albert D AX3](https://openairdocs.org/model/desmond-albert-d-ax3): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05637F1
- [Hawkins Arch E AX-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/hawkins-arch-e-ax-3): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05637K9
- [Emich Michael C AX-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/emich-michael-c-ax-3): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05637L1
- [Barnes Alfred C AX 3](https://openairdocs.org/model/barnes-alfred-c-ax-3): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05637R9

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