- Date
- September 6, 1980
- Place
- Shedd, OR · SHEDD, OR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N27057BLN Works FF-6B
- Status
- Completed · report January 5, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800906040449A
- Case key
- 127865
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3105 80/9/6 SHEDD,OR BLN WORKS FF-6B CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 537 TIME - 0920 N27057 PX- 0 2 0 CTR PASSG-D TOTAL HOURS, 93 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HALSEY,OR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PROPANE HEATER RAN OUT OF FUEL. DRIFTED INTO PWR LINES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27057
- Reported as
- BLN Works FF-6B
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
N27057Registration cancelled Jun 22, 1983 · Balloon Works FIREFLY 6BAirframe modelBalloon Works FIREFLY 6B
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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.