ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205140
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| Date: | Wednesday 11 October 1989 |
| Time: | 06:47 |
| Type: |  Kavanagh D-77 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-HVC |
| MSN: | KBO73 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 11km NW of Mudgee, NSW -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | 7km NW of Mudgee, NSW |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot advised the passengers that the balloon would touch down after it passed a dead tree. The passengers braced themselves for the landing in the pre-briefed crouch position. Just after the balloon passed the dead tree, one of the passengers noticed two powerlines running across the flight path five metres in front of the balloon. The pilot was alerted and almost simultaneously, the balloon's suspension cables struck the power line. After contact the balloon slid along the conductors for approximately 30 metres, pulling them downwards, until the basket contacted the ground. One passenger reported receiving an electric shock in which the pilot ordered an evacuation and he and two passengers disembarked. The pilot was later observed reaching towards the balloon from outside the basket. Both the pilot and the remaining passenger in the basket were electrocuted and the balloon was subsequently destroyed by fire.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1989/aair/aair198902581/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/28332/aair198902581.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Jan-2018 10:20 | Pineapple | Added |
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