- Date
- December 9, 1979
- Place
- Ballwin, MO · BALLWIN, MO
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1060NAdams,Md A55
- Status
- Completed · report January 18, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791209033809A
- Case key
- 132942
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3045 79/12/9 BALLWIN,MO ADAMS,MD A55 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 670 TIME - 0930 N1060N PX- 0 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BALLWIN,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUCTIONS-MISINTERPRETED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 32 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 220 14 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT ASSIGNED PAX TO RELEASE DEFLATION ROPE DRG DIFFICULT SPOT LNDG.PAX RELEASED ROPE PREMATURELY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1060N
- Reported as
- Adams,Md A55
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Minor damage
N1060NRegistration cancelled Mar 30, 2018 · Adams Balloon A55Airframe modelAdams Balloon A55Engine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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