- Date
- September 30, 1980
- Place
- Rock Island, IL · ROCK ISLAND, IL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1532BBLN Works FF-7
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800930067159A
- Case key
- 128523
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2755 80/9/30 ROCK ISLAND,IL BLN WORKS FF-7 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 151 TIME - 1000 N1532B PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 76 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCK ISLAND,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CREW COORDINATION-POOR REMARKS- WHILE INFLATING BLN,GND CREW LET INEXPERIENCED PSNL ASSUME DUTIES.BLN WAS RLSD BFR FULLY INFLATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1532B
- Reported as
- BLN Works FF-7
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1532BRegistration cancelled Jun 8, 1989 · Balloon Works FIREFLY 7Airframe modelBalloon Works FIREFLY 7
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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.