# Incident 19780911016919I: Amtrqa AX10, China Lake, CA, September 11, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 1978, 08:20 local time
- Place: China Lake, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6508° N, 117.6617° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of China Lake, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6508&lon=-117.6617&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65253, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65253-2013-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Semco Balloon AX-10 (registry code 8070301, https://openairdocs.org/model/semco-balloon-ax-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRQA AX10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780911016919I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

HOT AIR BALLOON DEVELOPED TEAR RESULTING IN RAPID DESCENT, NO INJURIES.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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