- Date
- July 2, 1977
- Place
- Killingworth, CT · KILLINGWORTH, CT
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1BFHebel B-1
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770702018519A
- Case key
- 147688
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1623 77/7/2 KILLINGWORTH,CT HEBEL B-1 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 51, 42 TOTAL TIME - 0915 N1BF PX- 0 0 0 OTHER HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KILLINGWORTH,CT UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF REMARKS- ATTEMPTING TO MOVE HOT-AIR BALLOON BY HAND-TETHER.BECAME AIRBORNE,PLT NOT PREPARED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1BF
- Reported as
- Hebel B-1
- Category
- Balloon, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Minor damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.