Barnes AX-7 N27045

2 November 1980 · Topeka, Kansas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 2 November 1980 at about 09:00 local time, a Barnes AX-7 registered N27045 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Topeka, Kansas, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 2 November 1980 at 09:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Topeka, Kansas, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Barnes AX-7
Registration: N27045
Category: Balloon
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3140

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

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

WND GSTG 8KTS.DRG LND, PLT LATE OBSG 2ND SET OF PWR LNS, OCCUPANTS JUMPED FM GONDOLA, BLN HIT 3RD SET

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 3-3140, 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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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
30 Mar 1980	Barnes AX-7 N40708	Lake Havasu, Arizona, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
8 Oct 1981	Barnes AX-7 N40708	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
6 May 1979	Barnes AX-7 N4037J	Ft Collins, Colorado, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
4 Sep 1982	Barnes AX-7 N4069Y	Aurora, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Jeanne Schuenn	Serious injuries	-
1 Nov 1978	Barnes AX-7 N2482H	Overland Park, Kansas, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
4 Jul 1982	Barnes AX-7 N2045F	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States	Joan Hoglund	Serious injuries	-

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