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LOCKHART, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the hot air balloon crash that killed 16 people in Texas (all times local): 12:45 p.m. Federal records show the company operating the balloon tour involved in Saturday's fatal crash in Texas had another accident two years ago. A Federal Aviation Administration accident report shows that a balloon registered to Heart of Texas Hot Air Balloon Rides made a hard landing in a church soccer field on Aug. 3, 2014. The crash injured two female passengers. The report says the company's retrieval team had parked its trailer in the balloon's landing path, causing the pilot to land short to avoid a collision. The injured passengers were taken by ambulance to a hospital. The name of the pilot involved in the 2014 crash wasn't included in the records. FAA spokesman Lynn Lundsford said there are no other records of accidents or closed enforcement actions against Heart of Texas Hot Air Balloon Rides, or the company's pilot and owner, Alfred G. Nichols. ___ 12:30 p.m. The ex-girlfriend of a hot air balloon pilot involved in a deadly Texas crash says he was in recovery for alcoholism and had been sober at least four years. Wendy Bartch told The Associated Press on Monday that she met Skip Nichols in St. Louis in 1989. She says Nichols had multiple driving while intoxicated convictions, but never piloted while drinking. She says, "having other people's lives at stake was Skip's primary concern." Bartch said Nichols' alcoholism and criminal record caused tensions with his father, a decorated military veteran. But she says there "had been a mending" in their relationship in recent years. Bartch said she and Nichols remained friends and she helped him set up business operations in Texas in 2014. She says in order to keep his St. Louis business going, he started offering flights in Texas in the winter. ___ 12:20 p.m. The person who called 911 following a hot air balloon crash that killed 16 people thought it was a vehicle fire in a remote patch of Texas countryside. The Caldwell County Sheriff's office said Monday that there was only one call placed to 911 following the crash. Federal investigators say the call came a minute after powerlines were tripped at 7:42 a.m. Saturday. Investigators believe the balloon hit the powerline wires, killing everyone onboard. In a recording of the 911 call, nearby resident Margaret Wylie reports seeing what she thinks is a vehicle fire in a pasture near Lockhart, a city south of Austin. She provides directions to the area to help responding firefighters. She then adds: "The whole thing is in flames now." Wylie told The Associated Press on Saturday that, "it was like a fireball going up." ___ 12 a.m. Police say the pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed in Texas and killed all 16 people aboard had been arrested in Missouri for driving while intoxicated in 2000. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported in 2008 that the Better Business Bureau there had warned consumers about doing business with Alfred "Skip" Nichols after complaints about his balloon touring company. Forty-nine-year-old Nichols was identified as the pilot of the Texas balloon by his friend and roommate Alan Lirette, who said that Nichols was a good pilot. Federal investigators say the balloon hit high-tension power lines before crashing into a pasture early Saturday morning. One witness who lives a quarter-mile from the site reported a fireball going up. Investigators are focusing on interviewing witnesses, starting Monday with the ground crew.

The Latest: Records: Balloon company had accident in 2014