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Incident

FAA incident report · Camron O-90 · Cedar Rapids, IA · August 12, 1995

Date
August 12, 1995 · 07:10 local
Place
Cedar Rapids, IA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N4508C
Reported as
Camron O90
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
175 total175 in this make and model12 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.

Windshift on launch. Drifted toward wires. Ripped out panel. Balloon draped over wires.

As the FAA filed it

WINDSHIFT ON LAUNCH. DRIFTED TOWARD WIRES. RIPPED OUT PANEL. BALLOON DRAPED OVER WIRES.