Low level civil flight by a hot air balloon.

Attributes
ACN	316106
Time
Date	199509
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sle
State Reference	OR
Altitude	agl bound lower : 500 agl bound upper : 500
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zse
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Balloon
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 250
ASRS Report	316106
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : vfr in imc inflight encounter : weather non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Flying in balloon rally, I flew close to low cloud ceiling. I did not lose sight of ground and was visible at all times, but may have been too close to base of ceiling.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LOW LEVEL CIVIL FLT BY A HOT AIR BALLOON.

Narrative: FLYING IN BALLOON RALLY, I FLEW CLOSE TO LOW CLOUD CEILING. I DID NOT LOSE SIGHT OF GND AND WAS VISIBLE AT ALL TIMES, BUT MAY HAVE BEEN TOO CLOSE TO BASE OF CEILING.

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.