# Accident 19840901071489A: Thundr AX777, Austell, GA, September 1, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1984, 19:50 local time
- Place: Austell, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8198° N, 84.6438° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austell, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8198&lon=-84.6438&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2484S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2484S-2013-06-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Head Balloons AX7-77 (registry code 4280100, https://openairdocs.org/model/head-balloons-ax7-77) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: THUNDR AX777
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 340 total, 17 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL84LA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA278) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840901071489A

## Narrative

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

TRIED TO RISE ABOVE WIRES ON ABORTED LANDING THEN PULLED DEFLATION PANEL. PASSENGER USED BURNER. BALLOON HIT WIRE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL84LA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA278), Sep 1, 1984: Head Balloons AX7-77 (N2484S), Austell, GA, destroyed

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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