# Incident 19960817039139I: Thundr AX777, Katy, TX, August 17, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1996, 08:00 local time
- Place: Katy, TX
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7913° N, 95.8410° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Katy, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7913&lon=-95.8410&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8306A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8306A-2018-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Head Balloons AX7-77 (registry code 4280100, https://openairdocs.org/model/head-balloons-ax7-77) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: THUNDR AX777
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 43 total, 43 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960817039139I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: BOTH PILOT LIGHTS FAILED TO OPERATE. PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON GOLF COURSE. DURING THE DESCENT THE BALLOON MADE CONTACT WITH A HOUSE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NO DAMAGE TO BALLOON MINOR DAMAGE TO HOUSE. NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PERSONS ON GROUND. PILOT WAS GIVEN MORE INSTRUCTION AND RELEASED FOR SOLO FLIGHT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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