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Balloon pilot lands in asphalt parking lot during a windy landing resulting in crashing into a building and a power line. Seriously injuring 1 balloon passenger.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 527500 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200110 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Balloon |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| ASRS Report | 527500 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | observation : passenger |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | cabin event other ground encounters other inflight encounter : weather other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Weather Environmental Factor |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Upon a controled windy landing, I chose a long asphalt parking lot. Upon touchdown, we slid 60-80 ft on asphalt to a small auxiliary building, hitting building and pushing up to a small power line. Upon impact of building, 1 passenger (out of 10) was injured with a fractured shoulder. No damage to building or balloon. Power line did short out. No damage to balloon or persons (on ground).
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BALLOON PLT LANDS IN ASPHALT PARKING LOT DURING A WINDY LNDG RESULTING IN CRASHING INTO A BUILDING AND A PWR LINE. SERIOUSLY INJURING 1 BALLOON PAX.
Narrative: UPON A CTLED WINDY LNDG, I CHOSE A LONG ASPHALT PARKING LOT. UPON TOUCHDOWN, WE SLID 60-80 FT ON ASPHALT TO A SMALL AUX BUILDING, HITTING BUILDING AND PUSHING UP TO A SMALL PWR LINE. UPON IMPACT OF BUILDING, 1 PAX (OUT OF 10) WAS INJURED WITH A FRACTURED SHOULDER. NO DAMAGE TO BUILDING OR BALLOON. PWR LINE DID SHORT OUT. NO DAMAGE TO BALLOON OR PERSONS (ON GND).
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.