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Incident

FAA incident report · Camron A-140 · Washington Boro, PA · June 6, 1987

Date
June 6, 1987 · 07:02 local
Place
Washington Boro, PA
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N2937L
Reported as
Camron A140
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
143 total130 in this make and model9 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 basket struck powerlines on final approach to a wheat field.

As the FAA filed it

BALLOON BASKET STRUCK POWERLINES ON FINAL APPROACH TO A WHEAT FIELD.