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A fire fly AX10 balloon makes a go around after hitting a static wire located above a power line in a landing attempt near clt, nc.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 472102 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200005 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : clt.airport |
| State Reference | NC |
| Altitude | agl single value : 50 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : charter |
| Make Model Name | Balloon |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | landing : go around |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : charter |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 900 |
| ASRS Report | 472102 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | observation : passenger |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical ground encounters other non adherence : far non adherence : required legal separation other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : executed go around flight crew : regained aircraft control |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Environmental Factor Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
On a passenger carrying balloon flight, upon approach to landing in a large field, the basket struck the static wire above a power line. The basket rebounded, climbed to a safe altitude and landed approximately 20 mins later. There was no damage to the balloon and no one was injured.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A FIRE FLY AX10 BALLOON MAKES A GAR AFTER HITTING A STATIC WIRE LOCATED ABOVE A PWR LINE IN A LNDG ATTEMPT NEAR CLT, NC.
Narrative: ON A PAX CARRYING BALLOON FLT, UPON APCH TO LNDG IN A LARGE FIELD, THE BASKET STRUCK THE STATIC WIRE ABOVE A PWR LINE. THE BASKET REBOUNDED, CLBED TO A SAFE ALT AND LANDED APPROX 20 MINS LATER. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE BALLOON AND NO ONE WAS INJURED.
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.