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Hot air balloon attempting a landing is carried into contact with power distribution line by surface wind.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 153175 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198912 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ads |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : sfo |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 290 flight time type : 280 |
| ASRS Report | 153175 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather non adherence : far other anomaly other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Upon landing hot air balloon, hit a wind shear, carried balloon into distribution single power line. Hit was at flying wires, arced balloon came to rest on ground and distribution line was touching flying wires. The contact interrupted the circuit. It was off until local power company replaced wire on pole and restored service. Location, vanalystine, tx. No injuries, minor damage to basket.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: HOT AIR BALLOON ATTEMPTING A LNDG IS CARRIED INTO CONTACT WITH POWER DISTRIBUTION LINE BY SURFACE WIND.
Narrative: UPON LNDG HOT AIR BALLOON, HIT A WIND SHEAR, CARRIED BALLOON INTO DISTRIBUTION SINGLE PWR LINE. HIT WAS AT FLYING WIRES, ARCED BALLOON CAME TO REST ON GND AND DISTRIBUTION LINE WAS TOUCHING FLYING WIRES. THE CONTACT INTERRUPTED THE CIRCUIT. IT WAS OFF UNTIL LCL PWR COMPANY REPLACED WIRE ON POLE AND RESTORED SVC. LOCATION, VANALYSTINE, TX. NO INJURIES, MINOR DAMAGE TO BASKET.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.