# NTSB investigations: Piccard AX-6: In flight collision with object

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB FTW89FA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89FA136.md): Piccard AX-6 · Houston, TX · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 16, 1989 · N85DP · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to abort the attempt to clear the obstacle. Factors in the accident were: the poor condition of the balloon envelope and the pilot's lack of experience as pilot in command of balloon operations.
- [NTSB DEN89LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA003.md): Piccard AX-6 · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 3, 1988 · N99US · Substantial damage
  > The 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,…
- [NTSB DEN85LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA005.md): Piccard AX6W · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 8, 1984 · N47DP · Minor damage
  > Plt stated he observed the wire about 3 secs before collision. Electrical short circuit severed load cables to basket, which fell to the ground, causing personnel injuries. Balloon envelope drifted away, finally coming to rest 150 mi from accident site.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7001218')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 220))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7001218&occurrence=220

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