2 hot air balloons bumped.

Attributes
ACN	282475
Time
Date	199409
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : 6v1
State Reference	VA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 500 agl bound upper : 500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Balloon
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Balloon
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 18 flight time total : 132 flight time type : 132
ASRS Report	282475
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

The balloon bumped another balloon during normal flight operations for a competitive event. Nothing was damaged or any problems were occurring because of this bumping. The causes of this was due to variable wind conditions during the flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: 2 HOT AIR BALLOONS BUMPED.

Narrative: THE BALLOON BUMPED ANOTHER BALLOON DURING NORMAL FLT OPS FOR A COMPETITIVE EVENT. NOTHING WAS DAMAGED OR ANY PROBS WERE OCCURRING BECAUSE OF THIS BUMPING. THE CAUSES OF THIS WAS DUE TO VARIABLE WIND CONDITIONS DURING THE FLT.

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.