- Date
- October 3, 1982, 15:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place
- Piedmont, SC
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N70014Eagle C-7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821003052499A
- Case key
- 72224
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Balloon was inflated with difficulty because of gusty winds. Balloon did not have a skirt. During the flight which ended in the accident the balloon seemed to have trouble and during the final moments it was in a descent which ended with the envelope as a streamer until contact with wires.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70014
- Reported as
- Eagle C-7
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- E82728
- Airframe hours
- 25
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Abrams, Lawrence L.
- Registered owner
- Eagle Balloons, Ltd
- Departed
- C · Piedmont, SC
- Destination
- C · Piedmont, SC
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 31 total · 31 in this make and model · 25 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Temperature
- 178 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GMU, 7 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.