A hot air balloon pilot impacted a car during his landing in a parking lot.

Attributes
ACN	513040
Time
Date	200106
Day	Fri
Place
Locale Reference	airport : buy.airport
State Reference	NC
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : stl.tower
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Balloon
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Flight Phase	landing other
Person 1
Affiliation	government other
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 6 flight time total : 865 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	513040
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters : vehicle non adherence : published procedure
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Environmental Factor Weather Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Ambiguous

Narrative:

Making an approach for landing in a hot air balloon. Landing was in private parking lot. Vehicle parked near landing approach backed into path of balloon. The balloon made contact with the front driver's side of vehicle and slid down the side before coming to rest on the pavement.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A HOT AIR BALLOON PLT IMPACTED A CAR DURING HIS LNDG IN A PARKING LOT.

Narrative: MAKING AN APCH FOR LNDG IN A HOT AIR BALLOON. LNDG WAS IN PVT PARKING LOT. VEHICLE PARKED NEAR LNDG APCH BACKED INTO PATH OF BALLOON. THE BALLOON MADE CONTACT WITH THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE OF VEHICLE AND SLID DOWN THE SIDE BEFORE COMING TO REST ON THE PAVEMENT.

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.