- Date
- April 29, 1978
- Place
- Walla Walla, WA · WALLA WALLA, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N134CBCam Balloon V-56
- Status
- Completed · report May 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780429008439A
- Case key
- 142810
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0759 78/4/29 WALLA WALLA,WA CAM BALLOON V-56 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0730 N134CB PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 46, 1230 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 1221 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WALLA WALLA MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WALLA WALLA,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ADVERSE WINDS ALOFT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 60 220 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- BALLOON RALLY. ENCOUNTERED DOWNDRAFT. PAX FELL FROM BASKET. GUSTING TO 18K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N134CB
- Reported as
- Cam Balloon V-56
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Walla Walla Muni
N134CBRegistration cancelled Jun 21, 2012 · Cameron Balloons V-56Airframe modelCameron Balloons V-56Engine modelNONE
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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.