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Incident

FAA incident report · Eagleb AX7 · Morgantown, WV · October 11, 1996

Date: October 11, 1996 · 18:15 local
Place: Morgantown, WV
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N25739
Reported as: Eagleb AX7
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,379 total750 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

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: on approach for landing over an obstacle, Mr. Rossen's balloon came in contact with a single strand power line which had been strung between poles 560 feet apart. Both poles were in wooded areas and were not visible from the balloon. He and other balloons were landing into the setting sun which made it very difficult to see the wire. Other pilots on approach behind Mr. Rossen stated they had not seen the wire. There were no injuries. There was no damage to the balloon or property on the surface. This incident occurred at the conclusion of a hare and hound event. The filing of this report closes this incident.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON APPROACH FOR LANDING OVER AN OBSTACLE, MR. ROSSEN'S BALLOON CAME IN CONTACT WITH A SINGLE STRAND POWER LINE WHICH HAD BEEN STRUNG BETWEEN POLES 560 FEET APART. BOTH POLES WERE IN WOODED AREAS AND WERE NOT VISIBLE FROM THE BALLOON. HE AND OTHER BALLOONS WERE LANDING INTO THE SETTING SUN WHICH MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE THE WIRE. OTHER PILOTS ON APPROACH BEHIND MR. ROSSEN STATED THEY HAD NOT SEEN THE WIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE BALLOON OR PROPERTY ON THE SURFACE. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE CONCLUSION OF A HARE AND HOUND EVENT. THE FILING OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.