# NTSB MIA86LA128: Adams A55, N10600, Alachua, FL, April 20, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 20, 1986, 08:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place: Alachua, FL
- Coordinates: 29.769453, -82.480636 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7695&lon=-82.4806&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31607
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA128
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31607/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA128

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (cause)
  - miscellaneous (cause)
  - terrain condition - open field

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10600-2015-05-06), registration cancelled 2015-05-06, S/N 085, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ADAMS A55
- Registry model: [Adams Balloon A55](https://openairdocs.org/model/adams-balloon-a55) (registry code 0050103) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Balloon
- Serial number: 085
- Airframe hours: 148
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860420013369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860420013369A), Apr 20, 1986: Adams A55, Alachua, FL. During the landing, the wind tipped over the gondola. Two occupants fell on a third, breaking her leg.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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