- Date
- November 17, 1979
- Place
- Plant City, FL · PLANT CITY, FL
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N41JBBalloon WKS KS-7
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791117034479A
- Case key
- 133283
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3638 79/11/17 NR.PLANT CITY,FL BALLOON WKS KS-7 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 1770 TIME - 0815 N41JB PX- 0 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 149 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLANT CITY,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT STATED ATTENTION DIVERTED BY PAX AFT TKOF.BALLOON DESCENDED INTO PWR LINES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41JB
- Reported as
- Balloon WKS KS-7
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Minor damage
N41JBRegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2012 · Balloon Works FIREFLY 7Airframe modelBalloon Works FIREFLY 7
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.