- Date
- January 8, 1983, 15:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Greenwood, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1510DBalloon Works Fire FLY 7-B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830108000539A
- Case key
- 33378
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student plt/owner was being instructed by a free balloon plt with a commercial certificate. According to the commercial plt, the balloon had been inflated, but the air was still not hot enough for flt, and the wind blowing over the envelope created a false lift. The ground crew prematurely released the ground lines & the balloon drifted toward trees aprx 200 yards away. The balloon rose aprx 20 ft then began descending. The student was instructed to keep the burner operating; however, a tree limb came into the side of the balloon & snagged a load line. The balloon then drifted into 3 more trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1510D
- Reported as
- Balloon Works Fire FLY 7-B (FIRE FLY 7)
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- B7142
- Airframe hours
- 7
- Engine
- NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dale E. Cushing
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 2, 1982 · 7 hours before
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Flight hours
- 273 total · 273 in this make and model · 219 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.