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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Adams A55 · Bold Springs, GA · May 16, 1978

Date
May 16, 1978 · 21:52 local
Place
Bold Springs, GA
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9049A
Reported as
Adams A55
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15 total15 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Balloon pilot landed in trees due to darkness and low fuel supply.

As the FAA filed it

BALLOON PILOT LANDED IN TREES DUE TO DARKNESS AND LOW FUEL SUPPLY.