- Date
- May 20, 1978
- Place
- Lindsborg, KS · LINDSBORG, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N48189Thunder AX7-77
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780520015169A
- Case key
- 142383
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1071 78/5/20 LINDSBORG,KS THUNDER AX7-77 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 230 TIME - 0803 N48189 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALINA,KS LINDSBORG,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 350 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 13 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT UNABLE TO DEFLATE AFTER LDG DUE TO ADJUSTMENT OF RIPLINE FASTENER.WND GUSTING 28K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48189
- Reported as
- Thunder AX7-77
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N48189Registration cancelled Jan 6, 1998 · Thunder Balloons AX7-77Airframe modelThunder Balloons AX7-77
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.