19841202070559I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Camron O-77 · Gallup, NM · December 2, 1984

Date
December 2, 1984 · 10:32 local
Place
Gallup, NM
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N218CB
Reported as
Camron O77
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
330 total200 in this make and model30 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.

Balloon encountered wind blowing off course, chose landing in trees. Craft low on fuel.

As the FAA filed it

BALLOON ENCOUNTERED WIND BLOWING OFF COURSE, CHOSE LANDING IN TREES. CRAFT LOW ON FUEL.