- Date
- May 8, 1985, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Franklin, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4049YBarnes FF-7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850508022359A
- Case key
- 6887
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt noticed a power line extending across the field he had selected for landing at which time air was released from the envelope for an emergency descent. As the basket touched down, the envelope drifted into the line. A passenger was seriously injuried by an electrical shock from the power line.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4049Y
- Reported as
- Barnes FF-7
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- 7926
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David Eastland
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 5, 1985 · 20 hours before
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Flight hours
- 795 total · 795 in this make and model · 785 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.