- Date
- October 6, 1979
- Place
- Helen, GA · HELEN, GA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5659Adams,Md AX-6
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791006034989A
- Case key
- 132750
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3822 79/10/6 NR.HELEN,GA ADAMS,MD AX-6 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 40, TIME - 1815 N5659 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HELEN,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 45 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- NON-AIRWORTHY BLN TETHERED FOR CEREMONY,INADVERTENTLY RLSD.CORRODED GONDOLA CABLES HIT TREE,FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5659
- Reported as
- Adams,Md AX-6
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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