- Date
- September 22, 1966
- Place
- Reno, NV · RENO, NV
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N88952Piccard Bal AX6
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121491
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0803 66/9/22 NR.RENO NEVADA PICCARD BAL AX6 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 1000 TIME - 0900 N88952 PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- HOT AIR BALLOON PILOT BROKE ANKLE,WHEN FOOT WEDGED BTWN PROPANE TANK AND BASKET,DURING DESERT LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88952
- Reported as
- Piccard Bal AX6
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- No damage
N88952Registration cancelled May 17, 2013 · Piccard Don AX-6Airframe modelPiccard Don AX-6Engine modelNONE
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