- Date
- August 27, 1980
- Place
- Wadsworth, OH · WADSWORTH, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N45AVAvian BLN Falcon
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800827037929A
- Case key
- 129680
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2105 80/8/27 WADSWORTH,OH AVIAN BLN FALCON CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 261 TIME - 1930 N45AV PX- 0 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 121 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WADSWORTH,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- EXPEDITED LDG TO AVOID DRIFTING OVER CITY.PAX BRIEFED ON HARD LANDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45AV
- Reported as
- Avian BLN Falcon
- 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.