Hay fire damages hot air balloon envelope and basket.

Attributes
ACN	283894
Time
Date	199408
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : mcb
State Reference	MS
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Balloon
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground : preflight other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 28 flight time total : 390 flight time type : 157
ASRS Report	283894
Person 2
Affiliation	government other
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Inflating hot air balloon - hay on ground caught fire when burner turned on. Resulted in damage to envelope and basket. Monticello fire department responded.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: HAY FIRE DAMAGES HOT AIR BALLOON ENVELOPE AND BASKET.

Narrative: INFLATING HOT AIR BALLOON - HAY ON GND CAUGHT FIRE WHEN BURNER TURNED ON. RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO ENVELOPE AND BASKET. MONTICELLO FIRE DEPT RESPONDED.

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.