# Incident 19880428020429I: Natbal 75212, Dysart, IA, April 28, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1988, 19:50 local time
- Place: Dysart, IA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1721° N, 92.3091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dysart, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1721&lon=-92.3091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3220N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3220N-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: National Ballooning 752-12 (registry code 6113312, https://openairdocs.org/model/national-ballooning-752-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NATBAL 75212
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 27 total, 23 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880428020429I

## Narrative

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

BALLOON CAUGHT IN A DOWNDRAFT. FORCED INTO POWERLINES. APPLIED HEAT. LIFTED OFF POWERLINES. LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N3220N (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19960929037409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960929037409I), Sep 29, 1996: Natbal 75212 (N3220N), Waterloo, IA. Narrative: pilot called FOD fss to get wx brief. Fss advised the winds were forecast to be 02/10 KTS on the surface with the winds aloft as listed in the wx…

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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