- Date
- April 27, 1981
- Place
- Delta, UT · DELTA, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N64SPSkypower GBN-41
- Status
- Completed · report March 4, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 125329
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3337 81/4/27 NR.DELTA,UT SKYPOWER GBN-41 CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 1015 N64SP PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING 1621 TOTAL HOURS, 55 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FOUNTAIN VALLEY,CA SALT LAKE CITY,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 58 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 210 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ANTI-SAIL LINE FAILED TO PREVENT ENVELOPE FRM PARACHUTING AFTR TOUCHDWN,DRAGGED BALLOON ACROSS GND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64SP
- Reported as
- Skypower GBN-41
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N64SPRegistration cancelled Jan 6, 2020 · Skypower GBN-41-1000Airframe modelSkypower GBN-41-1000Engine modelNONE
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