FAA incident report · Adams A55S · Jacksonville, FL · September 21, 1980
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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot light went out on hot air balloon. Before relight could be done craft went into water.
PILOT LIGHT WENT OUT ON HOT AIR BALLOON. BEFORE RELIGHT COULD BE DONE CRAFT WENT INTO WATER.
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.