- Date
- December 30, 1976
- Place
- Jersey Village, TX · JERSEY VILLAGE, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N53DPPiccard AX-6
- Status
- Completed · report January 6, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761230042599A
- Case key
- 156593
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3887 76/12/30 JERSEY VILLAGE,TX PICCARD AX-6 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, UNK/NR TIME - 0812 N53DP PX- 1 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JERSEY VILLAGE,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- POWERPLANT WAS A PICCARD 504A PROPANE FUELED DUAL BURNER,SNP020.ASCENTION WAS FROM A BALLOON PORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53DP
- Reported as
- Piccard AX-6
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.