- Date
- July 5, 1981
- Place
- Corona, CA · CORONA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2512CPiccard AX-6
- Status
- Completed · report August 10, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810705037849A
- Case key
- 124921
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1372 81/7/5 NR.CORONA,CA PICCARD AX-6 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 1200 TIME - 0830 N2512C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORONA, CA CORONA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RIP CORD CAUGHT ON BLAST VLV HNDL AFT PLT LGT WAS TURNED OFF,BURNER LIT.TIME RQD TO STOP PLT LGT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2512C
- Reported as
- Piccard AX-6
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2512CRegistration cancelled Jul 30, 2013 · General Balloon AX-6Airframe modelGeneral Balloon AX-6Engine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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