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.
Pilot was attempting to land in an open field when the balloon contacted power lines causing a suspension cable to contact a power line. The suspension cable was melted in half and dropped into the gondola causing a minor burn on the arm of a passenger.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND IN AN OPEN FIELD WHEN THE BALLOON CONTACTED POWER LINES CAUSING A SUSPENSION CABLE TO CONTACT A POWER LINE. THE SUSPENSION CABLE WAS MELTED IN HALF AND DROPPED INTO THE GONDOLA CAUSING A MINOR BURN ON THE ARM OF A PASSENGER.