Bln Works FRFY6B N4067L

19 April 1980 · Orchard Lake, Michigan, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 19 April 1980 at about 08:30 local time, a Bln Works FRFY6B registered N4067L was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Orchard Lake, Michigan, United States. 3 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: 19 April 1980 at 08:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Orchard Lake, Michigan, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bln Works FRFY6B
Registration: N4067L
Category: Balloon
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Wolverine Lake, Mi → S
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1105

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	1	1	1

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 ON STEEP APP TO LNDG SITE STRUCK 32FT HIGH PWR LINES, NO DMG, CONT 400FT/MIN DESCENT.

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 3-1105, 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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