ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 373388
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Date: | Sunday 22 March 1987 |
Time: | 10:05 LT |
Type: | Eagle Balloons C-7 |
Owner/operator: | Above The Rest, Inc. |
Registration: | N60765 |
MSN: | E83746 |
Total airframe hrs: | 90 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Montvale, VA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Fincastle, VA |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE BALLOON PLT SELECTED A DOWNSLOPING FIELD WITH POWERLINES AT THE APCH END AND WOODS AT THE UPWIND END IN WHICH TO LAND. ON TOUCHDOWN, THE BASKET TIPPED OVER AND THE PLT WAS PULLED FROM THE BASKET BY HIS GRIP ON THE CROWN VALVE LINE. THE BALLOON BEGAN TO ASCEND WITH TWO PASSENGERS IN THE BASKET. THE TWO PASSENGERS JUMPED TO THE GROUND FROM AN ALT ALT 5-10 FT AGL. ONE PASSENGER SUFFERED A FRACTURED PELVIC BONE DURING THE FALL. THE BALLOON THEN TRAVELED APRX 3/4 OF A MILE BEFORE CONTACTING TREES.
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Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | BFO87DID02 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 11 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB BFO87DID02
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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