Visual obstruction of power lines by trees caught balloon in its landing procedure undershot.

Attributes
ACN	200756
Time
Date	199202
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : tul
State Reference	OK
Altitude	msl bound lower : 100 msl bound upper : 100
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 10 flight time total : 40
ASRS Report	200756
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Was coming in to land in open field coming in across tree tops. At edge of trees were small power lines hidden by the trees saw power lines and ripped out top of balloon and basket went under power lines. Top part of balloon dropped over power lines. To prevent from happening again stay high over trees. Before landing, balloon was descending. Power lines were covered by tree lines. For the 1 mi section line, there was 1 break and that is where balloon tracked and hit power lines.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: VISUAL OBSTRUCTION OF PWR LINES BY TREES CAUGHT BALLOON IN ITS LNDG PROC UNDERSHOT.

Narrative: WAS COMING IN TO LAND IN OPEN FIELD COMING IN ACROSS TREE TOPS. AT EDGE OF TREES WERE SMALL PWR LINES HIDDEN BY THE TREES SAW PWR LINES AND RIPPED OUT TOP OF BALLOON AND BASKET WENT UNDER PWR LINES. TOP PART OF BALLOON DROPPED OVER PWR LINES. TO PREVENT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN STAY HIGH OVER TREES. BEFORE LNDG, BALLOON WAS DSNDING. PWR LINES WERE COVERED BY TREE LINES. FOR THE 1 MI SECTION LINE, THERE WAS 1 BREAK AND THAT IS WHERE BALLOON TRACKED AND HIT PWR LINES.

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.