# Incident 19800804077099I: Augsbg K16804RI, La Crosse, WI, August 4, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1980, 02:25 local time
- Place: La Crosse, WI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8251° N, 91.2246° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Crosse, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8251&lon=-91.2246&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50RB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AUGSBG K16804RI
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,035 total, 43 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/19800804077099I

## Narrative

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

DESCENT MADE DUE TO WEATHER. BALLOON DRIFTED INTO TREES WHILE LANDING.

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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