A hot air balloon pilot (FF9) entered the dc ADIZ without permission.

Attributes
ACN	585846
Time
Date	200306
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : jyo.airport
State Reference	VA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Balloon
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tracon : pct.tracon
Operator	other
Make Model Name	S-70 Black Hawk/Night Hawk/Sea Hawk
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 25 flight time total : 3670 flight time type : 3670
ASRS Report	585846
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Events
Anomaly	airspace violation : entry non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : investigated faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Weather Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Hot air balloon drifted into ADIZ on sightseeing flight. Balloon landed first available field. Blackhawk customs chopper landed and took all the pilot and balloon information. Balloon has all required electronics on board.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A HOT AIR BALLOON PLT (FF9) ENTERED THE DC ADIZ WITHOUT PERMISSION.

Narrative: HOT AIR BALLOON DRIFTED INTO ADIZ ON SIGHTSEEING FLT. BALLOON LANDED FIRST AVAILABLE FIELD. BLACKHAWK CUSTOMS CHOPPER LANDED AND TOOK ALL THE PLT AND BALLOON INFO. BALLOON HAS ALL REQUIRED ELECTRONICS ON BOARD.

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.