- Date
- April 29, 1973
- Place
- Wasilla, AK · WASILLA, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N56USPiccard AX-6
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730429019619A
- Case key
- 190015
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2248 73/4/29 WASILLA,ALAS PICCARD AX-6 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 16 TIME - 0830 N56US PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WASILLA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALMER,ALAS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT FAILED TO OPEN FUEL SUPPLY VALVE COMPLETELY. BALLOON SETTLED INTO TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56US
- Reported as
- Piccard AX-6
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wasilla
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.