19881106063579I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Thundr AX7-77 · Hughes, AR · November 6, 1988

Date
November 6, 1988 · 09:00 local
Place
Hughes, AR
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N31DG
Reported as
Thundr AX777
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
210 total210 in this make and model25 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 dragged across field and envelope draped over electric line on a gusty landing. No injuries.

As the FAA filed it

BALLOON DRAGGED ACROSS FIELD AND ENVELOPE DRAPED OVER ELECTRIC LINE ON A GUSTY LANDING. NO INJURIES.