A hot air balloon envelope hit pwrlines upon landing in a special interest activity balloon race.

Attributes
ACN	343873
Time
Date	199608
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bil
State Reference	MT
Altitude	agl bound lower : 5 agl bound upper : 5
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	other
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 : 48 flight time total : 1210 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	343873
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified cockpit
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Upon final landing, I did not see pwrlines strung across field. Just before touchdown, I noticed them and pulled out the top deflating balloon. The envelope of balloon then draped over lines causing the transformer to blow. No damage to lines, balloons or any injury. Power company reset lines.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A HOT AIR BALLOON ENVELOPE HIT PWRLINES UPON LNDG IN A SPECIAL INTEREST ACTIVITY BALLOON RACE.

Narrative: UPON FINAL LNDG, I DID NOT SEE PWRLINES STRUNG ACROSS FIELD. JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN, I NOTICED THEM AND PULLED OUT THE TOP DEFLATING BALLOON. THE ENVELOPE OF BALLOON THEN DRAPED OVER LINES CAUSING THE TRANSFORMER TO BLOW. NO DAMAGE TO LINES, BALLOONS OR ANY INJURY. PWR COMPANY RESET LINES.

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.