Hot air balloon pilot flies 6' over house while landing.

Attributes
ACN	178411
Time
Date	199105
Day	Sun
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lbe
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 6 agl bound upper : 25
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Flight Phase	descent : approach other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	other other : other pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	178411
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Surface winds increased. Made decision to land in deep valley so as to be sheltered from wind. Made perfect landing in roadway, but had to fly low over a house in a sparsely settled housing development.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: HOT AIR BALLOON PLT FLIES 6' OVER HOUSE WHILE LNDG.

Narrative: SURFACE WINDS INCREASED. MADE DECISION TO LAND IN DEEP VALLEY SO AS TO BE SHELTERED FROM WIND. MADE PERFECT LNDG IN ROADWAY, BUT HAD TO FLY LOW OVER A HOUSE IN A SPARSELY SETTLED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

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.