- Date
- August 31, 1980
- Place
- Indiana, PA · INDIANA, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2127HBLN Works FF-7
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800831038729A
- Case key
- 128773
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2022 80/8/31 INDIANA,PA BLN WORKS FF-7 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 39 TIME - 0830 N2127H PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INDIANA,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 72 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 190 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- CROSSED OVR HILL AT APRX 100FT AGL TO LND IN FLD JUST BYD.ENCTRD DWNDFT,UN TO STOP DSCNT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2127H
- Reported as
- BLN Works FF-7
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2127HRegistration cancelled May 1, 2020 · Balloon Works FIREFLY 7Airframe modelBalloon Works FIREFLY 7Engine modelNONE
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