Hot air balloon pilot claims that controller was unaware of procedure for handling balloons.

Attributes
ACN	377200
Time
Date	199707
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : gvw
State Reference	MO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 800 agl bound upper : 800
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : gvw
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Balloon
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 2000 flight time type : 400
ASRS Report	377200
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Controller unaware of proper procedures for handling hot air balloons (and flight limitations and abilities of same). Controller indicated field close to balloon while handling fixed wing traffic.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: HOT AIR BALLOON PLT CLAIMS THAT CTLR WAS UNAWARE OF PROC FOR HANDLING BALLOONS.

Narrative: CTLR UNAWARE OF PROPER PROCS FOR HANDLING HOT AIR BALLOONS (AND FLT LIMITATIONS AND ABILITIES OF SAME). CTLR INDICATED FIELD CLOSE TO BALLOON WHILE HANDLING FIXED WING TFC.

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.