- Date
- May 31, 1979
- Place
- Norman, OK · NORMAN, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N2451HBalloon WKS FRFLY7
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790531009469A
- Case key
- 136016
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0865 79/5/31 NORMAN,OK BALLOON WKS FRFLY7 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE UNK/NR, 19 TIME - 0730 N2451H PX- 0 0 0 CHECK TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORMAN,OK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES STATIC: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CREW COORDINATION-POOR TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT 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 360 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 6 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- GROUND CREW RELEASED BALLOON AFT GUST OF WIND CAUGHT IT.WIND GUSTS TO 12KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2451H
- Reported as
- Balloon WKS FRFLY7
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2451HRegistration cancelled May 17, 1994 · Balloon Works FIREFLY 7Airframe modelBalloon Works FIREFLY 7
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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.