- Date
- August 21, 1964
- Place
- Minneapolis, MN · MINNEAPOLIS, MN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4633TBarnes 65A
- Status
- Completed · report November 13, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182593
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0508 64/8/21 MINNEAPOLIS MINN BARNES 65A CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 1421 TIME - 2015 N4633T PX- 0 0 0 EXPERIMENTATION TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-FAILURE OF BUTANE BURNER CAUSED BY MOISTURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- BURNER GENERATED HOT AIR FOR BALLOON INFLATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4633T
- Reported as
- Barnes 65A
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- Damage
- Minor damage
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