Adams Md A55 N1060N

9 December 1979 · Ballwin, Missouri, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 9 December 1979 at about 09:30 local time, a Adams Md A55 registered N1060N was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Ballwin, Missouri, United States. 3 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 9 December 1979 at 09:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Ballwin, Missouri, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Adams Md A55
Registration: N1060N
Category: Balloon
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3045

People

2 people were seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	2	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

PLT ASSIGNED PAX TO RELEASE DEFLATION ROPE DRG DIFFICULT SPOT LNDG.PAX RELEASED ROPE PREMATURELY.

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 3-3045, 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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