- Date
- October 8, 1980
- Place
- Lakehurst, NJ · LAKEHURST, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5499ABlimp EA-1
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801008049969A
- Case key
- 127968
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3399 80/10/8 LAKEHURST,NJ BLIMP EA-1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 1600 TIME - 0850 N5499A PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKEHURST,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN REMARKS- 1ST TEST FLT.AIRSHIP ENTER R TURN W EVER DECREASING RADIUS.NOSED UP W PWR.DRIFTED INTO TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5499A
- Reported as
- Blimp EA-1
- Category
- Blimp
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
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