# Incident 19880520028889I: Camron N90, Crystal Lake, IL, May 20, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1988, 19:30 local time
- Place: Crystal Lake, IL
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2332° N, 88.3344° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crystal Lake, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2332&lon=-88.3344&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1997A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1997A-1994-08-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cameron Balloons US N-90 (registry code 1880260, https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-n-90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CAMRON N90
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 436 total, 200 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880520028889I

## Narrative

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

WIND PICKED UP FOR LANDING. SAW POWERLINES TOO LATE TO HEAT BALLOON.  BASKET SEVERED A POWERLINE. LANDED SAFELY.

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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