- Date
- October 12, 1975
- Place
- Perris, CA · PERRIS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N94DPPiccard AX-6
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751012034549A
- Case key
- 151145
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3182 75/10/12 PERRIS,CA PICCARD AX-6 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 19, 17 TOTAL TIME - 1030 N94DP PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PERRIS,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 72 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 90 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- SUDDEN WIND GUST,UNK VELOCITY. BALLOON BLOWN OVER,IGNITED GRASS,THEN CONSUMED BALLOON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94DP
- Reported as
- Piccard AX-6
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.