- Date
- May 5, 1973
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM · ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N28USPiccard AX-6
- Status
- Completed · report June 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730505011689A
- Case key
- 190755
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1006 73/5/5 ALBUQUERQUE,N MEX PICCARD AX-6 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 218 TIME - 0730 N28US PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBUQUERQUE,N MEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE REMARKS- PLT POS SELF IMPROPERLY FOR LDG. FRACTURED R LEG.HOT AIR BALLOON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28US
- 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.