FAA incident report · Eagleb AX7 · Wellsville, NY · July 16, 1988
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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Landing in high wind,went through bushes vented but rip cord broke. Balloon traveled into trees, fell in gravel pit.
LANDING IN HIGH WIND,WENT THROUGH BUSHES VENTED BUT RIP CORD BROKE.BALLOON TRAVELED INTO TREES, FELL IN GRAVEL PIT.