- Date
- May 2, 1981
- Place
- Normal, IL · NORMAL, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N15443Balloon WKS 7B
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810502022439A
- Case key
- 126044
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0944 81/5/2 NORMAL,IL BALLOON WKS 7B CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 272 TIME - 1745 N15443 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 58 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORMAL,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT 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 62 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 150 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- UN TO STOP DSCNT.AFTER IMPACT W GND,WND SHIFTED & BLEW BLN INTO FENCE & PWR LN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15443
- Reported as
- Balloon WKS 7B
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N15443Registration cancelled Oct 27, 1999 · Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-BAirframe modelBalloon Works FIREFLY 7-B
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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.