- Date
- April 27, 1966
- Place
- Boulevard, CA · BOULEVARD, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4723SFire Fly 90
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172422
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0371 66/4/27 NR.BOULEVARD CALIF FIRE FLY 90 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 27, TIME - 0315 N4723S PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION 500 TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 25 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PILOT RATED ONLY IN HOT AIR BALLOON.PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING A LANDING ON A MOUNTAIN ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4723S
- Reported as
- Fire Fly 90
- Category
- Balloon, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
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