- Date
- April 20, 1986, 08:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Alachua, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N10600Adams A55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860420013369A
- Case key
- 31607
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated the he decided to land because the wind had picked up during the flt. Upon landing the gondola tipped over resulting in himself and one passenger falling on top of the other passenger, who received a fractured leg.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10600
- Reported as
- Adams A55
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- 085
- Airframe hours
- 148
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- J.T. Arinson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 11, 1985 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- GNV · Gainsville, FL
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Flight hours
- 174 total · 174 in this make and model · 174 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.