19891014043889A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Thcolt Clown · Albuquerque, NM · October 14, 1989

Date
October 14, 1989 · 08:45 local
Place
Albuquerque, NM
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
GGWIZ
Reported as
Thcolt Clown
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
650 total15 in this make and model16 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.

Special design balloon ripped open on takeoff but balloon settled slowly. Horizontal load tapes omitted by builder.

As the FAA filed it

SPECIAL DESIGN BALLOON RIPPED OPEN ON TAKEOFF BUT BALLOON SETTLED SLOWLY. HORIZONTAL LOAD TAPES OMITTED BY BUILDER.