- Date
- March 17, 1974
- Place
- El Dorado, KS · EL DORADO, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N94465Stokes AIR
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740317005609A
- Case key
- 186463
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0719 74/3/17 EL DORADO,KANS STOKES AIR CR- 0 1 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 18 TIME - 0930 N94465 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EL DORADO,KANS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TIEDOWN LINES SNAPPED REMARKS- HOT AIR BALLOON.TIE LINE BROKE BFR PROPER INFLATION.BALLOON DMGD BY PWR LINES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94465
- Reported as
- Stokes AIR
- Category
- Balloon, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N94465 · 1
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