- Date
- February 6, 1979
- Place
- Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N51880Piccard AX-3
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790206026569A
- Case key
- 137243
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2406 79/2/6 MISSING AIRCRAFT PICCARD AX-3 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 44, UNK/NR TIME - UNK/NR N51880 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCKFORD,IL LAKE GENEVA,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- A/C DAMAGE & INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.ON 4-28-79 2 PROPANE TANKS FOUND ON MI SHORELINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51880
- Reported as
- Piccard AX-3
- Category
- Balloon, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.