Cam Balloon V-56 N134CB

29 April 1978 · Walla Walla, Washington, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 29 April 1978 at about 07:30 local time, a Cam Balloon V-56 registered N134CB, operated by Balloons & Air, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Walla Walla, Washington, United States. 2 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 29 April 1978 at 07:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Walla Walla, Washington, United States
Nearest airport: Walla Walla Muni
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cam Balloon V-56
Registration: N134CB
Category: Balloon
Operator: Balloons & Air
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0759

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	1	1	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

BALLOON RALLY. ENCOUNTERED DOWNDRAFT. PAX FELL FROM BASKET. GUSTING TO 18K.

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 3-0759, 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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