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Incident

FAA incident report · Raven S57A · Parsippany, NJ · October 2, 1992

Date
October 2, 1992 · 18:30 local
Place
Parsippany, NJ
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N6537N
Reported as
Raven S57A
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
135 total120 in this make and model15 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.

Pilot unable to stop descent due to high winds. Balloon got hung up in trees.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT UNABLE TO STOP DESCENT DUE TO HIGH WINDS. BALLOON GOT HUNG UP IN TREES.