A hot air balloon hit a rain gutter on a home while landing.

Attributes
ACN	296952
Time
Date	199502
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : apc
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 100
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : hou
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Balloon
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 25 flight time total : 4400 flight time type : 25
ASRS Report	296952
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Wind picked up just prior to landing. Descended downwind from large row of tall trees. Upon clearing trees, a gust of wind came and a vortex occurred which caused a false lift to the aircraft. Balloon basket nicked a rain gutter on a house located at the base of the trees. I was unable to predict gusty winds.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A HOT AIR BALLOON HIT A RAIN GUTTER ON A HOME WHILE LNDG.

Narrative: WIND PICKED UP JUST PRIOR TO LNDG. DSNDED DOWNWIND FROM LARGE ROW OF TALL TREES. UPON CLRING TREES, A GUST OF WIND CAME AND A VORTEX OCCURRED WHICH CAUSED A FALSE LIFT TO THE ACFT. BALLOON BASKET NICKED A RAIN GUTTER ON A HOUSE LOCATED AT THE BASE OF THE TREES. I WAS UNABLE TO PREDICT GUSTY WINDS.

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.