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Incident

FAA incident report · Raven RX-7 · North Huntingto, PA · February 11, 2001

Date: February 11, 2001 · 08:56 local
Place: North Huntingto, PA
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N35863
Reported as: Raven RX7
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

N35863Registered now · Aerostar International RX-7S/N RX7-3253 Airframe modelAerostar International RX-7

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.

(-23) North huntington township police officerprivacy data omittedstated that he responed to a call that a hot air balloon was flying low over a housing area and may be in trouble. The balloon attempted to land in a playground but went back up and continued to fly low over another housing area. After another attempt to land in a confined area with buildings and electric lines, the balloon drifted very low (approx. 50 feet or less) over another housing area to land in a large field. (Approx. 15 to 20 acres) after the balloon landed safely, the pilot refused to present any identification to officer^privac^.submission of this report completes this incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) NORTH HUNTINGTON TOWNSHIP POLICE OFFICER^PRIVACY DATA^STATED THAT HE RESPONED TO A CALL THAT A HOT AIR BALLOON WAS FLYING LOW OVER A HOUSING AREA AND MAY BE IN TROUBLE. THE BALLOON ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN A PLAYGROUND BUT WENT BACK UP AND CONTINUED TO FLY LOW OVER ANOTHER HOUSING AREA. AFTER ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO LAND IN A CONFINED AREA WITH BUILDINGS AND ELECTRIC LINES, THE BALLOON DRIFTED VERY LOW (APPROX. 50 FEET OR LESS) OVER ANOTHER HOUSING AREA TO LAND IN A LARGE FIELD. (APPROX. 15 TO 20 ACRES) AFTER THE BALLOON LANDED SAFELY, THE PILOT REFUSED TO PRESENT ANY IDENTIFICATION TO OFFICER^PRIVAC^.SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT COMPLETES THIS INCIDENT.