Barnes AX-7 N2033F

3 December 1978 · Hutchinson, Kansas, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 3 December 1978 at about 13:00 local time, a Barnes AX-7 registered N2033F was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Hutchinson, Kansas, United States. 3 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 3 December 1978 at 13:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Hutchinson, Kansas, United States
Nearest airport: Sunflower
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Barnes AX-7
Registration: N2033F
Category: Balloon
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Flying Club
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-4073

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	1	0	2

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

BASKET TIED TO TRACTOR, WEBBING BROKE RELEASING BALLOON.GAS LEAKING FROM VALVE FROZE PLT'S FINGERS.

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 3-4073, 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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Other Barnes AX-7 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
1 Nov 1978	Barnes AX-7 N2482H	Overland Park, Kansas, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
6 May 1979	Barnes AX-7 N4037J	Ft Collins, Colorado, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
2 Nov 1980	Barnes AX-7 N27045	Topeka, Kansas, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
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	-
4 Sep 1982	Barnes AX-7 N4069Y	Aurora, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Jeanne Schuenn	Serious injuries	-

All 15 records for this type

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14 Apr 1978	Cessna 150L N1531Q	Hallandale, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	Boardman Aviat	Serious injuries	-
3 Jun 1978	Cessna 310Q N7600Q	Destin, Florida, United States no coordinates	Araguel Sander	No injuries	-
29 Apr 1978	Beechcraft S-35 N7971K	Audubon, Iowa, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	5
29 May 1978	Piper PA-23 N5850Y	Longdale, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
11 Aug 1978	Bell 47G4A N473FW	New Rochelle, New York, United States no coordinates	Island Helicop	No injuries	-
23 Apr 1978	Piper PA-31 N49MC	Arlington, Indiana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	9

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