FAA incident report · Thundr AX8105 · Fetters Springs, CA · March 11, 1981
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.
During landing attempt, balloon was blown into trees. Envelope deflated and basket landed on a house.
DURING LANDING ATTEMPT, BALLOON WAS BLOWN INTO TREES. ENVELOPE DEFLATED AND BASKET LANDED ON A HOUSE.