What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Balloon struck powerlines landing in strong surface wind.
As the FAA filed it
BALLOON STRUCK POWERLINES LANDING IN STRONG SURFACE WIND.
FAA incident report · Balwks FIREFLY6 · Mccausland, IA · April 18, 1982
- Date
- April 18, 1982 · 17:45 local
- Place
- Mccausland, IA
- Phase of flight
- Final Approach
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N2420H
- Reported as
- Balwks FIREFLY6
- People aboard
- 1
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 112 total92 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days
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.