- Date
- June 11, 1978
- Place
- Tampa, FL · TAMPA, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7271LRaven RX-6
- Status
- Completed · report October 18, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780611026229A
- Case key
- 140792
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2499 78/6/11 TAMPA,FL RAVEN RX-6 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE TIME - 0915 N7271L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR, 48 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 ALL IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HWY 54 & I-75 TAMPA,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 16000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 300 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 6 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HOT AIR BALLOON EQUIPPED WITH PROPANE HEATER.WIND WAS GUSTING TO 10 KNOTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7271L
- Reported as
- Raven RX-6
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7271LRegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2014 · Raven Industries RX6Airframe modelRaven Industries RX6Engine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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