- Date
- March 1, 1986, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Round Rock, TX
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N74176Balloon Works 8B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860301004519A
- Case key
- 22155
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The balloon was damaged during landing in a wind of 15 KTS gusting to 40 KTS. The plt said that the surface wind increased during the flt. The balloon was blown about 900 yds while dragging the basket across a grass field during the landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74176
- Reported as
- Balloon Works 8B
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- F8B-45
- Airframe hours
- 3
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ernest R. Newton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Austin, TX
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Unknown
- Flight hours
- 930 total · 2 in this make and model · 930 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots, gusting 40
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.