- Date
- June 24, 1980
- Place
- Elbert, CO · ELBERT, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N79CSBLN Works FF-7
- Status
- Completed · report November 5, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800624022169A
- Case key
- 130531
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2524 80/6/24 ELBERT,CO BLN WORKS FF-7 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 0900 N79CS PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 516 TOTAL HOURS, 86 IN DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELBERT,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST 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 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WND INCREASED AFTER TKOF FR LGT & VARIABLE TO 20KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79CS
- Reported as
- BLN Works FF-7
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- No damage
N79CSRegistration cancelled Oct 22, 2012 · Balloon Works FIREFLY 7Airframe modelBalloon Works FIREFLY 7Engine modelNONE
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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.