- Date
- April 19, 1980
- Place
- Orchard Lake, MI · ORCHARD LAKE, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4067LBLN Works FRFY6B
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800419014049A
- Case key
- 130778
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1105 80/4/19 ORCHARD LAKE,MI BLN WORKS FRFY6B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 44 TOTAL TIME - 0830 N4067L PX- 0 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WOLVERINE LAKE,MI ORCHARD LAKE,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- BALLOON ON STEEP APP TO LNDG SITE STRUCK 32FT HIGH PWR LINES,NO DMG,CONT 400FT/MIN DESCENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4067L
- Reported as
- BLN Works FRFY6B
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- No damage
N4067LRegistration cancelled Jan 4, 2018 · Balloon Works FIREFLY 6Airframe modelBalloon Works FIREFLY 6Engine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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