- Date
- February 12, 1978
- Place
- New Holland, PA · NEW HOLLAND, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N76JWPickard AX-1
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780212001999A
- Case key
- 143207
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0318 78/2/12 NEW HOLLAND,PA PICKARD AX-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 0830 N76JW PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 290 TOTAL HOURS, 277 IN DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW HOLLAND,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER REMARKS- PLT ENCRTD HIGH WINDS DURING BALLOON FLT,PAX FELL OUT AFT BASKET TUMBLED ON LNDG,DRAGGED BY CABLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76JW
- Reported as
- Pickard AX-1
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- No damage
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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.