A hot air balloon carrying an advertising logo flew low over some baseball games to land at the last...

Attributes
ACN	338171
Time
Date	199606
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pit
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 100
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Balloon
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 65 flight time total : 960 flight time type : 835
ASRS Report	338171
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Received standard WX briefing. Launched pibals at 3 sites, read 240 degrees. I planned to launch from harris island and fly to monroeville. After launch, the winds changed to 190 degrees and took me north. After flying for over an hour, suburbs transitioned to forest. The last available landing site was a group of baseball fields. I flew at treetop level over several games to reach an empty field. I feel this was a reasonable approach to a reasonable landing site. No property was damaged. The games were momentarily disrupted.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A HOT AIR BALLOON CARRYING AN ADVERTISING LOGO FLEW LOW OVER SOME BASEBALL GAMES TO LAND AT THE LAST AVAILABLE SITE.

Narrative: RECEIVED STANDARD WX BRIEFING. LAUNCHED PIBALS AT 3 SITES, READ 240 DEGS. I PLANNED TO LAUNCH FROM HARRIS ISLAND AND FLY TO MONROEVILLE. AFTER LAUNCH, THE WINDS CHANGED TO 190 DEGS AND TOOK ME N. AFTER FLYING FOR OVER AN HR, SUBURBS TRANSITIONED TO FOREST. THE LAST AVAILABLE LNDG SITE WAS A GROUP OF BASEBALL FIELDS. I FLEW AT TREETOP LEVEL OVER SEVERAL GAMES TO REACH AN EMPTY FIELD. I FEEL THIS WAS A REASONABLE APCH TO A REASONABLE LNDG SITE. NO PROPERTY WAS DAMAGED. THE GAMES WERE MOMENTARILY DISRUPTED.

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.

A hot air balloon carrying an advertising logo flew low over some baseball games to land at the last available site.