- Date
- July 17, 1976
- Place
- Liberty, MO · LIBERTY, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N2047FBarnes AX6
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760717020159A
- Case key
- 155220
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2776 76/7/17 NR.LIBERTY,MO BARNES AX6 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 17 TOTAL TIME - 2040 N2047F PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INDEPENDENCE,MO UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND STATIC: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED REMARKS- PLT LIGHT BURNER VALVE PACKING GLAND NUT NOT SAFTIED.PRES PROPANE SPRAYED OUT,CAUGHT FIRE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2047F
- Reported as
- Barnes AX6
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.