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Commercial balloonist has balloon blown into power line during postflt deflation of balloon. There were no injuries or damage to the balloon.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 468470 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200004 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : apc.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Weather Elements | other |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Balloon |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground other : post flt |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 55 flight time total : 4700 flight time type : 700 |
| ASRS Report | 468470 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | observation : passenger other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ground encounters other other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : regained aircraft control other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
Narrative:
After flying about an hour I landed in moderately calm conditions and began to set up the deflation process. While we were deflating the balloon the wind changed direction and pushed the balloon into a power line adjacent to a house. No damage to aircraft, and no passenger were injured.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: COMMERCIAL BALLOONIST HAS BALLOON BLOWN INTO PWR LINE DURING POSTFLT DEFLATION OF BALLOON. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO THE BALLOON.
Narrative: AFTER FLYING ABOUT AN HR I LANDED IN MODERATELY CALM CONDITIONS AND BEGAN TO SET UP THE DEFLATION PROCESS. WHILE WE WERE DEFLATING THE BALLOON THE WIND CHANGED DIRECTION AND PUSHED THE BALLOON INTO A PWR LINE ADJACENT TO A HOUSE. NO DAMAGE TO ACFT, AND NO PAX WERE INJURED.
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.