- Date
- December 3, 1978
- Place
- Hutchinson, KS · HUTCHINSON, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2033FBarnes AX-7
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781203042479A
- Case key
- 138517
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4073 78/12/3 HUTCHINSON,KS BARNES AX-7 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 536 TIME - 1300 N2033F PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUNFLOWER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUTCHINSON,KS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TIEDOWN LINES SNAPPED FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE REMARKS- BASKET TIED TO TRACTOR,WEBBING BROKE RELEASING BALLOON.GAS LEAKING FROM VALVE FROZE PLT'S FINGERS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2033F
- Reported as
- Barnes AX-7
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sunflower
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.