# Incident 19950523014039I: Camron N105, Ashland, VA, May 23, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1995, 18:45 local time
- Place: Ashland, VA
- Airport: Hanover Co Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7089° N, 77.4366° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HANOVER COUNTY MUNI (OFP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7089&lon=-77.4366&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2987N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2987N-2013-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cameron Balloons US N-105 (registry code 1880217, https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-n-105) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CAMRON N105
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,102 total, 5,797 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950523014039I

## Narrative

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

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

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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