- Date
- October 29, 1978
- Place
- Rochester, MI · ROCHESTER, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N24402Piccard AX6
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 139198
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3603 78/10/29 ROCHESTER,MI PICCARD AX6 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 32, 13 TOTAL TIME - 1720 N24402 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCHESTER,MI ROCHESTER,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 110 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- JUMPED FROM BASKET,FRACTURE RT HUMERUS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24402
- Reported as
- Piccard AX6
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- No damage