- Date
- October 22, 1965
- Place
- St Paul, MN · ST PAUL, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7534ULitton Stms 213-1
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175509
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3960 65/10/22 ST PAUL MINN LITTON STMS 213-1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 33, 591 TIME - 0740 N7534U PX- 0 0 0 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-BALLOON ENVELOPED FAILED. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- BALLOONIST PARACHUTED SAFELY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7534U
- Reported as
- Litton Stms 213-1
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7534URegistration cancelled Jan 12, 1971 · Litton Systems BALLOON 213-1-1Airframe modelLitton Systems BALLOON 213-1-1
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