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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Thunder & Colt Balloons AX8-90 SERIES 2 · Springboro, OH · July 25, 2013

Date
July 25, 2013 · 20:21 local
Place
Springboro, OH
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N104TC
Reported as
Thunder & Colt Balloons AX8-90 Series 2
Reported engine
NONE NONE
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot

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.

Made an approach to grass area on church property, caught a gust of wind into a powerline in church parking lot. Balloon rolled off power line into parking lot.

As the FAA filed it

MADE AN APPROACH TO GRASS AREA ON CHURCH PROPERTY, CAUGHT A GUST OF WIND INTO A POWERLINE IN CHURCH PARKING LOT. BALLOON ROLLED OFF POWER LINE INTO PARKING LOT.