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Hot air balloon pilot is bumped by a second balloon during ascent.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 375797 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199707 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bwg |
| State Reference | KY |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 200 agl bound upper : 200 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Balloon |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Balloon |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 10 flight time total : 700 flight time type : 750 |
| ASRS Report | 375797 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 0 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Contact was made with aircraft #2 while climbing and moving away from target area at balloon race. Aircraft #1 was climbing out at 100-200 FPM. Aircraft #2 was climbing out at 300+ FPM estimate. Contact was made, envelope to envelope near equators. No damage or major change in flight direction by either aircraft. Balloon #2 climbed from behind my balloon. I was looking forward, not back and down at balloon behind me.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: HOT AIR BALLOON PLT IS BUMPED BY A SECOND BALLOON DURING ASCENT.
Narrative: CONTACT WAS MADE WITH ACFT #2 WHILE CLBING AND MOVING AWAY FROM TARGET AREA AT BALLOON RACE. ACFT #1 WAS CLBING OUT AT 100-200 FPM. ACFT #2 WAS CLBING OUT AT 300+ FPM ESTIMATE. CONTACT WAS MADE, ENVELOPE TO ENVELOPE NEAR EQUATORS. NO DAMAGE OR MAJOR CHANGE IN FLT DIRECTION BY EITHER ACFT. BALLOON #2 CLBED FROM BEHIND MY BALLOON. I WAS LOOKING FORWARD, NOT BACK AND DOWN AT BALLOON BEHIND ME.
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.