Piccard Bal AX6 N88952

22 September 1966 · Reno Nevada, Nevada, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 22 September 1966 at about 09:00 local time, a Piccard Bal AX6 registered N88952 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Reno Nevada, Nevada, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 22 September 1966 at 09:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Reno Nevada, Nevada, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piccard Bal AX6
Registration: N88952
Category: Balloon
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Air Show/Air Racing
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 2-0803

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	1	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

HOT AIR BALLOON PILOT BROKE ANKLE, WHEN FOOT WEDGED BTWN PROPANE TANK AND BASKET, DURING DESERT LDG.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 2-0803, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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