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Aviation accident CEN13CA278
NONE · BALLOON WORKS FIREFLY 8B-15 · 2013-05-11 · Anthony, KS, USA
Event
- NTSB number
CEN13CA278- Event ID
20130514X61415- Type
- Accident
- Date
- 2013-05-11
- Location
- Anthony, KS, USA
- Coordinates
- 37.158611, -98.079719
Injuries
- Highest injury
- NONE
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Minor
- 0
- Uninjured
- 3
- Total aboard
- 3
Aircraft
- Make
- BALLOON WORKS
- Model
- FIREFLY 8B-15
- Registration
- N3171L
- FAR Part
- 091
- Engines
- 0
- Damage
- SUBS
Conditions
- Light
- DAYL
- Weather
- VMC
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to monitor the balloon's altitude, which resulted in the balloon impacting an airport rotating beacon tower.
Source
- Authoritative
- NTSB CAROL
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown