19881002054399I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Thundr AX7-77A · Albuquerque, NM · October 2, 1988

Date: October 2, 1988 · 08:50 local
Place: Albuquerque, NM
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N65290
Reported as: Thundr AX777A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 108 total108 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N65290Registration cancelled Jul 10, 1996 · Thunder Balloons AX7-77AS/N 057 Airframe modelThunder Balloons AX7-77A

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 struck powerlines on landing. Severed 3 cables and burned corner of gondola.

As the FAA filed it

BALLOON STRUCK POWERLINES ON LANDING. SEVERED 3 CABLES AND BURNED CORNER OF GONDOLA.