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A private hot air balloon pilot aborted an approach to a landing on a school ground on a saturday morning.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 216607 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199207 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pub |
| State Reference | CO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 4750 msl bound upper : 4750 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Flight Phase | cruise other descent : approach landing other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 8 flight time total : 75 flight time type : 8 |
| ASRS Report | 216607 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Approaching landing at rishey school. Below mins for congested area. Wind shifted. Aborted intended landing site. Wind shift took balloon away from landing spot in schoolyard. Learned to make a steeper landing approach in tight spots where windshifts possible and prevent stairstep approach to landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A PRIVATE HOT AIR BALLOON PLT ABORTED AN APCH TO A LNDG ON A SCHOOL GND ON A SATURDAY MORNING.
Narrative: APCHING LNDG AT RISHEY SCHOOL. BELOW MINS FOR CONGESTED AREA. WIND SHIFTED. ABORTED INTENDED LNDG SITE. WIND SHIFT TOOK BALLOON AWAY FROM LNDG SPOT IN SCHOOLYARD. LEARNED TO MAKE A STEEPER LNDG APCH IN TIGHT SPOTS WHERE WINDSHIFTS POSSIBLE AND PREVENT STAIRSTEP APCH TO LNDG.
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.