# Accident 19990704046189A: Camron N77, Battle Creek, MI, July 4, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1999, 07:45 local time
- Place: Battle Creek, MI
- Airport: W K Kellogg Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3212° N, 85.1797° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Battle Creek, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3212&lon=-85.1797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7517L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7517L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cameron Balloons US N-77 (registry code 1880255, https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-n-77) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CAMRON N77
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990704046189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS OVER 50' ABOVE THE WIRES TRYING TO LAND WHEN A GUST OF WIND PUSHED HIS BALLOON DOWN ONTO THE POWER LINES. THE BALLOON MADE CONTACT WITH THE POWER LINES (TOP WIRE CONTACTED THE BASKET CABLES JUST BELOW THE BURNER SUPPORT BRACKET AND THE SECOND POWER WIRE CONTACTED THE BASKET ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE BASKET) CAUSING ARCHING. THE BASKET U-TUBED HAD A BURN HOLE OF ABOUT 1/2" BY 1" AND ONE OF THE TWO BASKET CABLES ON ONE END OF THE BASKET HAD THE PROTECTIVE PLASTIC COVERING MELTED.  THE CABLE HAD TWO STRANDS CUT.  PILOT STATED THAT HE FLEW ON TO LAND AT THE FIRST SAFE LANDING SITE A LITTLE FARTHER ON.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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