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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Galaxy GALAXY 7 · Provo, UT · July 4, 1990

Date
July 4, 1990 · 09:00 local
Place
Provo, UT
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5244J
Reported as
Galaxy GALAXY7
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total80 in this make and model

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.

During approach to land the basket of the balloon struck a light standard.

As the FAA filed it

DURING APPROACH TO LAND THE BASKET OF THE BALLOON STRUCK A LIGHT STANDARD.