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Basket of a balloon starting to rise brushed and damaged the envelope of another balloon being inflated.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 186504 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199108 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : san |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 100 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 8500 |
| ASRS Report | 186504 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 0 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Received telephone clearance to takeoff in TCA (north edge) and drift north, clear of TCA. The launch site had a limited area and the wind was about 8 mph. I set up and inflated on the upwind part of the launch site. During that time, other balloons came onto the launch site and were setting up and inflating downwind of my position. On my departure, I did not clear 1 of those balloons. My basket brushed his envelope, and tore some of his fabric. Had I known other people were going to inflate downwind of my position (future operations) in such a limited area, I would inflate on the downwind side (obstacles permitting) so I wouldn't have a nearby departure obstacle to contend with.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BASKET OF A BALLOON STARTING TO RISE BRUSHED AND DAMAGED THE ENVELOPE OF ANOTHER BALLOON BEING INFLATED.
Narrative: RECEIVED TELEPHONE CLRNC TO TKOF IN TCA (N EDGE) AND DRIFT N, CLR OF TCA. THE LAUNCH SITE HAD A LIMITED AREA AND THE WIND WAS ABOUT 8 MPH. I SET UP AND INFLATED ON THE UPWIND PART OF THE LAUNCH SITE. DURING THAT TIME, OTHER BALLOONS CAME ONTO THE LAUNCH SITE AND WERE SETTING UP AND INFLATING DOWNWIND OF MY POS. ON MY DEP, I DID NOT CLR 1 OF THOSE BALLOONS. MY BASKET BRUSHED HIS ENVELOPE, AND TORE SOME OF HIS FABRIC. HAD I KNOWN OTHER PEOPLE WERE GOING TO INFLATE DOWNWIND OF MY POS (FUTURE OPS) IN SUCH A LIMITED AREA, I WOULD INFLATE ON THE DOWNWIND SIDE (OBSTACLES PERMITTING) SO I WOULDN'T HAVE A NEARBY DEP OBSTACLE TO CONTEND WITH.
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.