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Pilot of a cameron A25 a balloon dropped a rope for the ground crew to use in holding him during descent for landing from hitting a nearby electrical power line resulting in the rope contacting the power line and an aborted landing. There was no damage to the balloon or passenger.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 367557 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199705 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : apc |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 100 agl bound upper : 100 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Balloon |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : missed approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 55 flight time total : 1500 flight time type : 400 |
| ASRS Report | 367557 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical inflight encounter other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : exited adverse environment other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
After a normal launch from the parking lot at a winery, I was making a landing in a large field. I released a drop rope to my ground crew to pull me away from some nearby power lines. The 0-1 KTS of wind shifted slightly as I neared the ground. I told my crew to release the rope before it contacted the electric lines. Contact was made in the middle of aborting the landing. I pulled up the rope and made a normal landing in another field 15 mins later. No injuries and no damage to the aircraft. Power company was notified.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF A CAMERON A25 A BALLOON DROPPED A ROPE FOR THE GND CREW TO USE IN HOLDING HIM DURING DSCNT FOR LNDG FROM HITTING A NEARBY ELECTRICAL PWR LINE RESULTING IN THE ROPE CONTACTING THE PWR LINE AND AN ABORTED LNDG. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE BALLOON OR PAX.
Narrative: AFTER A NORMAL LAUNCH FROM THE PARKING LOT AT A WINERY, I WAS MAKING A LNDG IN A LARGE FIELD. I RELEASED A DROP ROPE TO MY GND CREW TO PULL ME AWAY FROM SOME NEARBY PWR LINES. THE 0-1 KTS OF WIND SHIFTED SLIGHTLY AS I NEARED THE GND. I TOLD MY CREW TO RELEASE THE ROPE BEFORE IT CONTACTED THE ELECTRIC LINES. CONTACT WAS MADE IN THE MIDDLE OF ABORTING THE LNDG. I PULLED UP THE ROPE AND MADE A NORMAL LNDG IN ANOTHER FIELD 15 MINS LATER. NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE TO THE ACFT. POWER COMPANY WAS NOTIFIED.
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.