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Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Toronto Canada
Sunday, July 1, 2001 9:57 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On July 1, 2001, at 0957 Eastern Daylight Time, an American Blimp Corporation A-1-50 airship, N151AB, was substantially damaged when it attempted to dock in high winds at the Toronto City Centre Airport (CYTZ), Toronto, Canada. The pilot and 8 passengers were not injured, but 2 ground crew members sustained minor injuries.
According to Canadian authorities, the airship returned to the airport due to an incoming thunderstorm. The thunderstorm (frontal line- FROPA) arrived as the airship was on a low level approach for the docking mast. Fourteen ground crew members attempted to guide the airship to the docking mast using the available lines, but were having difficulties due to high winds associated with the thunderstorm (35 knots). The airship was buffeted by the high winds and struck the ground damaging the port engine. The tower initiated an emergency and ERS responded.
The passengers evacuated the airship while it was on the ground, when the ground crew attempted the docking. The tower called all of the companies located at CYTZ and requested all available manpower to assist the ground crew in docking the airship.
The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from:
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB)
Place du Centre
200 Promenade du Portage
4th Floor
Hull, Quebec K1A 1K8
Canada
This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by the Canadian government.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 7/1/2001 |
| Event Day of the Week | Sunday |
| Time of Event | 957 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | TORONTO |
| Event State | -- |
| Event Country | CANADA |
| Zipcode of the event site | -- |
| Event Date Year | 2001 |
| Event Date Month | 7 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | -- |
| Event Location Longitude | -- |
| Event Location Airport | -- |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | -- |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | -- |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | -- |
| Time of the weather observation | |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | -- |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | -- |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | -- |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | -- |
| Lighting Conditions | -- |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | -- |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | -- |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | -- |
| Variable Wind Indicator | -- |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 35 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | -- |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 2 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 2 |
| Injury Total None | 9 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 2 |
| Investigating Agency | Foreign |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | Canada-TSB |
| NTSB Notification Date | Jul 3 2001 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1408 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jul 9 2001 12:14PM |
| User who most recently changed record | PEAR |
| Basic weather conditions | -- |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
|
|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
|
| Aircraft Registration Number | N151AB |
| NTSB Number | IAD01WA075 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Non-U.S., Non-Commercial |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | Unknown |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | -- |
| Aircraft Explosion | -- |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | American Blimp Corp. |
| Aircraft Model | A-1-50 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | -- |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | -- |
| Aircraft Category | Blimp |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | -- |
| Number of Engines | -- |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | -- |
| ELT Activated | -- |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | -- |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | -- |
| Aircraft Owner State | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Country | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | -- |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | -- |
| Operator Same as Owner? | -- |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | -- |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | ORLANDO |
| Operator State | FL |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 32819 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | -- |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | CYTZ |
| Departure City | TORONTO CITY |
| Departure State | -- |
| Departure Country | CA |
| Departure Time | -- |
| Departure Time Zone | EDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | -- |
| Destination City | -- |
| Destination State | -- |
| Destination Country | -- |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Standing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | No |
| Evacuation occurred | No |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jul 9 2001 12:14PM |
| User who most recently changed record | PEAR |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | -- |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |