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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Galaxy GALAXY 7 · Provo, UT · July 5, 1991

Date
July 5, 1991 · 07:48 local
Place
Provo, UT
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5353A
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA91IA159
Reported as
Galaxy GALAXY7
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
80 in this make and model40 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.

Landed balloon short of powerlines. Envelope pushed tree limbs onto powerlines. Envelope burned on burner.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED BALLOON SHORT OF POWERLINES. ENVELOPE PUSHED TREE LIMBS ONTO POWERLINES. ENVELOPE BURNED ON BURNER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.