ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 14007
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Date: | Tuesday 9 July 1974 |
Time: | 11:44 |
Type: | Raven S-60A |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N54691 |
MSN: | S60A-113 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Tavares, Florida -
United States of America
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Tavares, Florida |
Destination airport: | Tavares, Florida |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:Raven S-60A Hot Air Balloon: Accident 9 July 1974: Crashed at Tavares, Florida. Balloon entered scattered to broken clouds. Limit at n-day VFR only. Deflation port opened in flight, did not reseal. Balloon entered uncontrolled descent, both persons on board killed. According to the NTSB Report into the incident:
"PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS"
Although there were two fatalities, the balloon only sustained minor damage. The registration N54691 was cancelled by the FAA very much later - on April 17 2006
Tavares is a city in the central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Lake County. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MIA75AM006 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: MIA75AM006:
https://www.ntsb.gov/Pages/brief.aspx?ev_id=31114&key=0 2.
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N54691 3.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavares,_Florida Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Feb-2008 12:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
07-Sep-2022 22:01 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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