ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 380680
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| Date: | Sunday 9 October 1983 |
| Time: | 16:45 LT |
| Type: |  Balloon Works FIREFLY 7 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N1533N |
| MSN: | 10204 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 197 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Dorr, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Caledonia, MI |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING LANDING THE BASKET HIT A HILL RESULTING IN THE BASKET STOPPING SUDDENLY & EJECTING THE PLT & PASSENGERS FROM THE BASKET. THE PLT THOUGHT A PASSENGER WAS STILL IN THE BASKET SO SHE GRABBED THE VALVE LINE & HUNG ON AS THE BALLOON ROSE APPROXIMATELY 100 FT AGL. THE BALLOON BEGAN DESCENDING THROUGH TREES, & AT AN ALT OF ABOUT 30 FT AGL THE PLT LET GO OF THE VALVE LINE & FELL THROUGH THE TREES.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI84LA018
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 May 1982 | N1533N | Schelde Inc. | 0 | Wyoming, MI | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 01-Apr-2024 19:16 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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