- Date
- August 18, 1979
- Place
- Eagle'S Nest, VA · EAGLE'S NEST, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N40452Barnes FF-7
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790818025569A
- Case key
- 133732
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3453 79/8/18 EAGLE'S NEST,VA BARNES FF-7 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 43, 1200 TIME - 1015 N40452 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEWISBURG,WV EAGLE'S NEST,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT 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 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- STUDENT BALLOON PILOT ATTEMPTED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WIND CONDITIONS CAUSING BALLOON OPENING TO CLOSE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40452
- Reported as
- Barnes FF-7
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- No damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.