# Incident 19890617044449I: Galaxy GALAXY7, Simi Valley, CA, June 17, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1989, 07:35 local time
- Place: Simi Valley, CA
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2694° N, 118.7815° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Simi Valley, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2694&lon=-118.7815&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5315A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5315A-2013-09-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Galaxy Balloons GALAXY 7 (registry code 3760520, https://openairdocs.org/model/galaxy-balloons-galaxy-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GALAXY GALAXY7
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 475 total, 475 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890617044449I

## Narrative

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

GROUND HANDLER BECAME AIRBORNE ON ROPE. ROPE CONTACT WITH POWERLINES CAUSED ARC. MAN INJURED.

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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