# Incident 19930516017609I: Camron N90, Bowling Green, KY, May 16, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1993, 02:50 local time
- Place: Bowling Green, KY
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9903° N, 86.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bowling Green, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9903&lon=-86.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6131D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6131D-2010-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cameron Balloons US N-90 (registry code 1880260, https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-n-90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CAMRON N90
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,200 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930516017609I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BALLOON INADVERTENTLY RELEASED BY GROUND CREW MEMBERS WALKING BALLOON FROM DISPLAY AREA.ONE MEMBER FELL 30 FEET.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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