- Date
- March 17, 1979
- Place
- Huntsdale, PA · HUNTSDALE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N62USPiccard AX6
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790317004859A
- Case key
- 137351
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0413 79/3/17 HUNTSDALE,PA PICCARD AX6 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 32, 11 TOTAL TIME - 0910 N62US PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEES CROSS ROADS,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62US
- Reported as
- Piccard AX6
- 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.