# Incident 19961011034959I: Eagleb AX7, Morgantown, WV, October 11, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 1996, 18:15 local time
- Place: Morgantown, WV
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6375° N, 79.9469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morgantown, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6375&lon=-79.9469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25739 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EAGLEB AX7
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,379 total, 750 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961011034959I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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