- Date
- April 14, 1988, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Alpharetta, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N74070Balloon Works AX-8B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880414013149A
- Case key
- 7598
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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.
In flight collision with object
Object - poleFactor
Performance data - inaccurateCause
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Wind information - misjudgedFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74070
- Reported as
- Balloon Works AX-8B
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- B8241
- Airframe hours
- 290
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard S. Ogletree
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 10, 1987 · 1 hours before
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Unknown
- Flight hours
- 350 total · 13 in this make and model · 192 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.