- Date
- October 12, 1974
- Place
- Harvard, IL · HARVARD, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N88USPiccard AX-6
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741012035909A
- Case key
- 140971
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3423 74/10/12 HARVARD,ILL PICCARD AX-6 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 172 TIME - 0845 N88US PX- 0 0 1 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 31 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FONTANA,WIS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 20 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- HOT AIR BALLOON.WX BRIEFED BY BALLOON MEISTER,NO FSS BRIEF.UN CK DESCENT RATE.DRAGGED ABT 200FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88US
- Reported as
- Piccard AX-6
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- No damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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