- Date
- August 9, 1980
- Place
- Pontiac, MI · PONTIAC, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2482ZPiccard AX-6
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800809035999A
- Case key
- 129704
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2264 80/8/9 PONTIAC,MI PICCARD AX-6 CR- 0 1 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1000 N2482Z PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 39, 142 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 ALL IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GOODISON,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION REMARKS- INSTRUCTOR OPENED ENVELOPE'S RIP PANEL 30% TO INCREASE DESCENT DUE PWRLNS AHEAD.FRACTURED ANKLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2482Z
- Reported as
- Piccard AX-6
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- No damage
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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.