Balloon Wks KS-7 N41JB

17 November 1979 · Plant City, Florida, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 17 November 1979 at about 08:15 local time, a Balloon Wks KS-7 registered N41JB was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Plant City, Florida, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 were seriously injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 17 November 1979 at 08:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Plant City, Florida, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Balloon Wks KS-7
Registration: N41JB
Category: Balloon
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3638

People

3 people were seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	3	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

PLT STATED ATTENTION DIVERTED BY PAX AFT TKOF.BALLOON DESCENDED INTO PWR LINES.

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 3-3638, 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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