# Incident 20010705020949I: Avianw MAGNUMIX, Minnetrista, MN, July 5, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2001, 19:35 local time
- Place: Minnetrista, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9388° N, 93.7122° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minnetrista, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9388&lon=-93.7122&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7004S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7004S-2014-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Avian Balloon MAGNUM IX (registry code 0900110, https://openairdocs.org/model/avian-balloon-magnum-ix) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIANW MAGNUMIX
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,095 total, 1,050 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010705020949I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 5, 2001, AT 1935 HOURS CDT, A AVIAN MAGNUM IX HOT AIR BALLOON, OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT DESCENDED AND STRUCK POWERLINES UPON APPROACH FOR LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD. DURING THIS COMMERCIALLY OPERATED FLIGHT, VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT AND ONE OF SIX PASSENGERS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE PILOT HOLDS A VALID LIGHTER-THAN-AIR FREE BALLOON, COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE.

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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