- Date
- July 9, 1979
- Place
- Center, CO · CENTER, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N40434Balloon WKS FF-8
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 135585
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0908 79/7/9 NR.CENTER,CO BALLOON WKS FF-8 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 243 TIME - 0735 N40434 PX- 0 1 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CENTER,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-IMPROPER LANDING TECHNIQUE WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 25000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 55 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 250 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- BALLOON-NO MED CERT REQD.WIND GUST TO 17 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40434
- Reported as
- Balloon WKS FF-8
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Minor damage
N40434Registration cancelled Nov 15, 2012 · Balloon Works FIREFLY 8-24Airframe modelBalloon Works FIREFLY 8-24Engine modelNONE
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