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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Camron N-105 · Ashland, VA · May 23, 1995

Date: May 23, 1995 · 18:45 local
Place: Ashland, VA
Airport: Hanover Co Municipal
Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2987N
Reported as: Camron N105
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,102 total5,797 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

N2987NRegistration cancelled Jun 13, 2013 · Cameron Balloons US N-105S/N 5195 · Built 1986 Airframe modelCameron Balloons US N-105 Engine modelNONENone

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Used external propane tank inflating balloon. Propane escaped. Disconnecting bogus valve. Burned pilot and balloon.

As the FAA filed it

USED EXTERNAL PROPANE TANK INFLATING BALLOON. PROPANE ESCAPED. DISCONNECTING BOGUS VALVE. BURNED PILOT AND BALLOON.