# Incident 19950108001909I: Natbal 858, Louisville Town, MN, January 8, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1995, 15:55 local time
- Place: Louisville Town, MN
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N7271K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7271K-2015-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: National Ballooning 858 (registry code 6113320, https://openairdocs.org/model/national-ballooning-858) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NATBAL 858
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 398 total, 398 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950108001909I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CARVER COUNTY AT APPROXIMATELY 1330 LOCAL TIME. TWENTY MINUTES LATER, THE PILOT LIGHT EXTINGUISHED AND COULD NOT BE RELIT. DURING DESCENT, PILOT NOTICED POWER LINES AND DECIDED TO "DUMP" THE ENVELOPE. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN BETWEEN SOME TREES AND THE POWER LINES, BUT THE WIND BLEW THE ENVELOPE OVER POWER LINES AS IT DEFLATED. THERE WAS AN INTERRUPTION TO POWER, BUT NO OTHER DAMAGE OR INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE PILOT/OWNER IS COMMERCIAL RATED. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE INTENDED POINT OF LANDING WAS JORDAN, MN. NOT A PILOT DEVIATION. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CARVER COUNTY AND EXPERIENCED A PILOT LIGHT FAILURE AT APPROXIMATELY THIRTY MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT. REASON FOR THE FAILURE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. PILOT REPORTS THAT THE FUEL TANKS HAD BEEN PRESSURIZED WITH NITROGEN PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT AND THIS MIGHT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE PILOT LIGHT FAILURE.

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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