40.0456° N, 86.0086° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Noblesville, IN, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 10, 1982 · 19:39 local
Place
Noblesville, IN
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4065K
Reported as
Thundr AX765
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
104 total90 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
After landing in field and being deflated, wind blew balloon into powerlines, damaging fabric and powerlines.
As the FAA filed it
AFTER LANDING IN FIELD AND BEING DEFLATED, WIND BLEW BALLOON INTO POWERLINES, DAMAGING FABRIC AND POWERLINES.