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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Thundr AX7-77A · Indianapolis, IN · February 17, 1980

Date: February 17, 1980 · 14:00 local
Place: Indianapolis, IN
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N65291
Reported as: Thundr AX777A
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 110 total110 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N65291Registration cancelled Jul 23, 2013 · Thunder Balloons AX7-77AS/N 077 · Built 1976 Airframe modelThunder Balloons AX7-77A Engine modelNONENone

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.

Hot ar balloon suspended by one tethering ring which failed. Balloon rose. Pilot made landing in yard.

As the FAA filed it

HOT AR BALLOON SUSPENDED BY ONE TETHERING RING WHICH FAILED. BALLOON ROSE.PILOT MADE LANDING IN YARD.