# Incident 20060704015299I: Arostr RX8, Woodridge, IL, July 4, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2006, 07:35 local time
- Place: Woodridge, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7374° N, 88.0441° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Woodridge, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7374&lon=-88.0441&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36449, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36449-2021-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerostar International RX 8 (registry code 7487008, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-international-rx-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AROSTR RX8
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 160 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060704015299I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING LANDING, BASKET TOUCHED DOWN THEN GUST OF WIND TOOK BASKET UP AGAIN, THEN DRAGGED BASKET/BALLOON APPROXIMATELY 90 FEET. PILOT DEFLATED ENVELOPE WHICH FELL OVER LIGHT POLE.

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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