- Date
- September 20, 1980
- Place
- Blue Ash, OH · BLUE ASH, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1061ZAdams LD-S
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800920041939A
- Case key
- 128814
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2270 80/9/20 BLUE ASH,OH ADAMS LD-S CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 100 TIME - 1915 N1061Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLUE ASH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BLUE ASH,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 80 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 210 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- UN TO CLB OVR PWR LNS AFTER TOUCH & GO IN OPEN FLD.ELEC ARC SEVERED SUPPORT CABLES,BASKET FELL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1061Z
- Reported as
- Adams LD-S
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Blue Ash
N1061ZRegistration cancelled Sep 8, 2014 · Adams Balloon L D-SAirframe modelAdams Balloon L D-SEngine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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