Barnes AX-7 N40708

30 March 1980 · Lake Havasu, Arizona, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 30 March 1980 at about 17:20 local time, a Barnes AX-7 registered N40708 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Lake Havasu, Arizona, United States. 5 people were on board and 5 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 30 March 1980 at 17:20
Classification: Accident
Location: Lake Havasu, Arizona, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Barnes AX-7
Registration: N40708
Category: Balloon
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Pittsburg Point, Ca → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1374

People

5 people had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
5	0	0	5	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

WIND SHIFTED AFTER TKOF & INCREASED W GUSTS TO 38KTS.DRG PRCTNRY LNDG, BASKET DRAGGED OVR GND/WTR.

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 3-1374, 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
2 Nov 1980	Barnes AX-7 N27045	Topeka, Kansas, United States no coordinates	-	No 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	-

All 15 records for this type

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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
15 Feb 1980	Grum-Amer AA-5 N1614R	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
20 Mar 1980	Piper PA-30 N8547Y	Charlotte, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Caro-Wings FLI	Fatal	1
27 May 1980	Cessna 150 N5368Q	Clinton, Maryland, United States no coordinates	Andrews Aero C	No injuries	-
19 May 1980	Cessna 150 N18067	Everett, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
18 May 1980	Grumman AA-1 N5754L	Sylvania, Ohio, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
10 Apr 1980	Cessna 150 N6085G	Colusa, California, United States no coordinates	Sky View Aviat	No injuries	-

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