Balloon lands inside city limits of vacaville.

Attributes
ACN	152943
Time
Date	199008
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : o45
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : sle
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 170 flight time total : 440 flight time type : 440
ASRS Report	152943
Person 2
Affiliation	government other
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	non adherence other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

I was finishing my 1 hour flight in the hot air balloon. I approached the town of vacaville where new houses soon would be built. Roads are in but no houses in my approach. I landed softly and smoothly and unassisted by ground crew. They then came and moved me about 30' to my left to make it easier to lay down my balloon, which we did with no incident. An officer with the vacaville police came out and said we were never to land inside city limits except emergencys. All of the houses in this area are somewhat distant and were in no danger from me, nor me from them. I feel it was an appropriate spot to land, although because of it being inside the city limit I would not have landed and then taken off again. The officer seemed very upset but would not say what the true problem was. He kept saying, 'there are houses right down the street there', but I wasn't flying over there.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BALLOON LANDS INSIDE CITY LIMITS OF VACAVILLE.

Narrative: I WAS FINISHING MY 1 HR FLT IN THE HOT AIR BALLOON. I APCHED THE TOWN OF VACAVILLE WHERE NEW HOUSES SOON WOULD BE BUILT. ROADS ARE IN BUT NO HOUSES IN MY APCH. I LANDED SOFTLY AND SMOOTHLY AND UNASSISTED BY GND CREW. THEY THEN CAME AND MOVED ME ABOUT 30' TO MY L TO MAKE IT EASIER TO LAY DOWN MY BALLOON, WHICH WE DID WITH NO INCIDENT. AN OFFICER WITH THE VACAVILLE POLICE CAME OUT AND SAID WE WERE NEVER TO LAND INSIDE CITY LIMITS EXCEPT EMERS. ALL OF THE HOUSES IN THIS AREA ARE SOMEWHAT DISTANT AND WERE IN NO DANGER FROM ME, NOR ME FROM THEM. I FEEL IT WAS AN APPROPRIATE SPOT TO LAND, ALTHOUGH BECAUSE OF IT BEING INSIDE THE CITY LIMIT I WOULD NOT HAVE LANDED AND THEN TAKEN OFF AGAIN. THE OFFICER SEEMED VERY UPSET BUT WOULD NOT SAY WHAT THE TRUE PROB WAS. HE KEPT SAYING, 'THERE ARE HOUSES R DOWN THE STREET THERE', BUT I WASN'T FLYING OVER THERE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.