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Lta pilot is given clearance to land at apc and told to wait while ground crew is escorted to the balloon. While waiting the wind changes; blowing the balloon toward the active runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 737938 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200705 |
| 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 |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : apc.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : charter |
| Make Model Name | Balloon |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : drifting |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : apc.tower |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : charter |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 3500 flight time type : 100 |
| ASRS Report | 737938 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground less severe incursion : runway inflight encounter : weather other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 500 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance Weather |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
Narrative:
With approval of the tower I landed at the airport. Tower told me to hold 15-20 mins while support personnel were escorted to aircraft. Surface wind changed 90 degrees and accelerated to 5 mph. Balloon was pushed across ground. To avoid conflict with active runway balloon maintained modest altitude and flew parallel to east/west runway. Business jet took off to the west as I was heading east. My lack of airport procedural knowledge and the controller's lack of lta limitations possibly contributed to this possible incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LTA PILOT IS GIVEN CLEARANCE TO LAND AT APC AND TOLD TO WAIT WHILE GROUND CREW IS ESCORTED TO THE BALLOON. WHILE WAITING THE WIND CHANGES; BLOWING THE BALLOON TOWARD THE ACTIVE RWY.
Narrative: WITH APPROVAL OF THE TWR I LANDED AT THE ARPT. TWR TOLD ME TO HOLD 15-20 MINS WHILE SUPPORT PERSONNEL WERE ESCORTED TO ACFT. SURFACE WIND CHANGED 90 DEGS AND ACCELERATED TO 5 MPH. BALLOON WAS PUSHED ACROSS GND. TO AVOID CONFLICT WITH ACTIVE RWY BALLOON MAINTAINED MODEST ALT AND FLEW PARALLEL TO E/W RWY. BUSINESS JET TOOK OFF TO THE W AS I WAS HDG E. MY LACK OF ARPT PROCEDURAL KNOWLEDGE AND THE CTLR'S LACK OF LTA LIMITATIONS POSSIBLY CONTRIBUTED TO THIS POSSIBLE INCIDENT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.