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A balloon pilot reported having to land on a residential street due to inability to safely continue to an open area.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1496204 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201711 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | LAS.Airport |
| State Reference | NV |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Balloon |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Lighter-Than-Air Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 3400 Flight Crew Type 1800 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Made street landing in residential west side area. Complaint from home owner because he believes I didn't know what I was doing; even though I have over 40 years of experience. I said nothing to the home owner because that would have made his rage worse. We packed the balloon in 5 minutes and promised we would never return. Weather was too calm which prevented us from going farther to open dirt area. This resident must have had a bad night at the casino.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A balloon pilot reported having to land on a residential street due to inability to safely continue to an open area.
Narrative: Made street landing in residential west side area. Complaint from home owner because he believes I didn't know what I was doing; even though I have over 40 years of experience. I said nothing to the home owner because that would have made his rage worse. We packed the balloon in 5 minutes and promised we would never return. Weather was too calm which prevented us from going farther to open dirt area. This resident must have had a bad night at the casino.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.