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Incident

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Nooksak, WA · February 22, 1995

Date: February 22, 1995 · 21:20 local
Place: Nooksak, WA
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: CFIEK
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,500 total228 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.

Narrative: on 02-22-95, 1990 PST, c-fiek, a helium filled free balloon, departed vancouver international airport with the intent of crossing the rocky mountain range in Canada. At altitude, unfavorable winds were encountered and the pilot elected to set the balloon down in the vicinity of Nooksak, WA in the U.S., at 2120. The balloon landed in a field without damage or injuries.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON 02-22-95, 1990 PST, C-FIEK, A HELIUM FILLED FREE BALLOON, DEPARTED VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITH THE INTENT OF CROSSING THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN RANGE IN CANADA. AT ALTITUDE, UNFAVORABLE WINDS WERE ENCOUNTERED AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO SET THE BALLOON DOWN IN THE VICINITY OF NOOKSAK, WA IN THE U.S., AT 2120. THE BALLOON LANDED IN A FIELD WITHOUT DAMAGE OR INJURIES.