N9011J
National Ballooning LTD 858 · built 2002
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on December 17, 1998.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.
Safety history
- July 11, 2003Accident
The pilot's inability to control the balloon. Contributing factors include the high winds, the attempted remedial action by the pilot, the building, fence, and transmission wires. Full accident record
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 2002 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N9011J.
- July 2, 1998Accident
The pilot's failure to manage his fuel properly leading to fuel starvation, a loss of engine power, and the collision with trees and the ground. A factor was his lack of total experience. Full accident record
- July 25, 1986Accident
THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE DIVERTED AND LANDED TO REASSESS THE WEATHER BEFORE CONTINUING HIS FLIGHT. HE SAID THE WIND WAS FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT EIGHT KTS. JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 27, THE AIRCRAFT YAWED LEFT AND LANDED WHILE IN A CRAB. THE AIRPLANE THEN VEERED LEFT, WENT OFF THE RUNWAY INTO SOFT MUD AND NOSED OVER.