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Balloon pilot reported landing in a constrained area resulted on contact with several objects and another balloon.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1597915 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201811 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Balloon |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 3557 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Object Ground Event / Encounter Aircraft Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
I was on approach for a tight space landing between another balloon and a very small tree in a parking lot. My speed was 5mph or less. I was planning on landing close to the tree in the parking lot. On approach the basket went into the tree which caused the balloon to swing forward and I contacted the other balloon envelope with my envelope which caused my balloon to bounce off and to the east. At this point I was committed in the landing could not fly on. The balloon crossed over a brick wall and struck a house mid-level [and] slid down the wall to the ground. The suspension cables caught the roof tiles and broke a few. I tossed my crew the drop line; I heated the balloon and the crew pulled me off the house and out of the back yard into the parking lot and I deflated my balloon. No damage to either balloon or basket. Also no injuries to any person. What I believed caused the problem is a few things. Tight quarters landing. Contacting the tree and swinging forward. Fly on to a larger area to land.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Balloon pilot reported landing in a constrained area resulted on contact with several objects and another balloon.
Narrative: I was on approach for a tight space landing between another balloon and a very small tree in a parking lot. My speed was 5mph or less. I was planning on landing close to the tree in the parking lot. On approach the basket went into the tree which caused the balloon to swing forward and I contacted the other balloon envelope with my envelope which caused my balloon to bounce off and to the east. At this point I was committed in the landing could not fly on. The balloon crossed over a brick wall and struck a house mid-level [and] slid down the wall to the ground. The suspension cables caught the roof tiles and broke a few. I tossed my crew the drop line; I heated the balloon and the crew pulled me off the house and out of the back yard into the parking lot and I deflated my balloon. No damage to either balloon or basket. Also no injuries to any person. What I believed caused the problem is a few things. Tight quarters landing. Contacting the tree and swinging forward. Fly on to a larger area to land.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.