- Date
- March 16, 1980
- Place
- East Bend, NC · EAST BEND, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4051YBalloon WKS AX-7
- Status
- Completed · report April 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800316006149A
- Case key
- 131916
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0527 80/3/16 EAST BEND,NC BALLOON WKS AX-7 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 19 TOTAL TIME - 1005 N4051Y PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STATESVILLE,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- LDG IN CONFINED AREA.STRUCK TREE LIMB DRG APCH.PUNCTURED ENVELOPE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4051Y
- Reported as
- Balloon WKS AX-7
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4051YRegistration cancelled Jul 2, 2021 · Balloon Works FIREFLY 7Airframe modelBalloon Works FIREFLY 7Engine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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