# Accident 20041004024059A: Thundr AA1050, Crescent, OK, October 4, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2004, 05:30 local time
- Place: Crescent, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9519° N, 97.5944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crescent, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9519&lon=-97.5944&mi=10
- Aircraft: GBSRJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: THUNDR AA1050
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,408 total, 625 in this make and model, 107 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041004024059A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT (A BALLOON) WAS DESTROYED AFTER HITTING POWER TRANSMISSION LINES DURING LANDING 2 MILES NORTH OF CRESCENT, OK. THIS BALLOON WAS A PARTICIPANT IN THE "AMERICA'S CHALLENGE GAS BALLOON RACE." THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ALBUQUERQUE, NM ON 10/02/2004 AT 2000 MDT WHERE VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED. PILOT STATED THAT DUE TO STORM FRONT AHEAD (E) AND A WIND CHANGE (N) HE WAS MAKING A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING TO AVOID THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING BLOWN OVER A CONGESTED AREA (OKLAHOMA CITY). USING NIGHT VISION GOGGLES WAS LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD AND DID NOT SEE THE POWER LINES IN TIME.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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