- Date
- May 18, 1980
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N73WBCutter 2
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800518015499A
- Case key
- 130993
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1505 80/5/18 LAS VEGAS,NV CUTTER 2 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 15700 TIME - 0845 N73WB PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1695 IN DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- GONDOLA ENTANGLED TARGET BALLOON AFT PLT PULLED DEFLATION PLUG,FELL FM 35FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73WB
- Reported as
- Cutter 2
- Category
- Balloon, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- No damage
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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.