- Date
- August 6, 1974
- Place
- Bayville, NJ · BAYVILLE, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N76SMBerger ONE
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740806038849A
- Case key
- 137272
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3016 74/8/6 NR.BAYVILLE,NJ BERGER ONE CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT, AGE 47, 1 TOTAL TIME - 0950 N76SM PX- 0 0 0 EXPERIMENTATION HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKEHURST,NJ PARIS,FRANCE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- UNCERTIFICATED,HELIUM FILLED GONDOLA BALLOON.PUFF WHITE VAPOR,BAG COLLAPSED,RAPID DESCENT OBSVD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76SM
- Reported as
- Berger ONE
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.