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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Camron N 120 · Van Wert, OH · August 12, 1989

Date
August 12, 1989 · 20:00 local
Place
Van Wert, OH
Airport
Van Wert County Airport
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6092K
Reported as
Camron N120
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
175 total40 in this make and model50 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.

Gust of wind caused balloon to break loose from ground crew. Struck a vehicle. Became airborne. Damaged on landing.

As the FAA filed it

GUST OF WIND CAUSED BALLOON TO BREAK LOOSE FROM GROUND CREW. STRUCK A VEHICLE. BECAME AIRBORNE. DAMAGED ON LANDING.

Other reports on N6092K · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.