- Date
- May 7, 1977
- Place
- Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N75USPiccard AX-6
- Status
- Completed · report June 20, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770507011029A
- Case key
- 158272
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1017 77/5/7 NR.MIAMI,FL PICCARD AX-6 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, TIME - 0835 N75US PX- 1 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT NOT CERTIFICATED FOR FREE BALLOONS.GONDOLA SEPARATED AND BURNED UPON COLLISION WITH POWER LINE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75US
- 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.