19951022038199I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Camron A-250 · Nashville, TN · October 22, 1995

Date: October 22, 1995 · 09:45 local
Place: Nashville, TN
Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6049B
Reported as: Camron A250
People aboard: 15
Fatal injuries: 0

N6049BRegistration cancelled Jan 25, 2018 · Cameron Balloons US A-250S/N 5978 · Built 1995 Airframe modelCameron Balloons US A-250 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.

Narrative: richard arnold was the pilot of hot air balloon N6049B that departed franklin, TN for Nashville, TN with 14 passengers on board. Upon attempting to land at Nashville the wind kept pushing the balloon off the landing spot, while attempting to get the balloon back up, the wind pushed the balloon into power lines, then it settled on 25th ave. north.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: RICHARD ARNOLD WAS THE PILOT OF HOT AIR BALLOON N6049B THAT DEPARTED FRANKLIN, TN FOR NASHVILLE, TN WITH 14 PASSENGERS ON BOARD. UPON ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT NASHVILLE THE WIND KEPT PUSHING THE BALLOON OFF THE LANDING SPOT, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET THE BALLOON BACK UP, THE WIND PUSHED THE BALLOON INTO POWER LINES, THEN IT SETTLED ON 25TH AVE. NORTH.