# Incident 20000404017939I: Camron A250, Napa, CA, April 4, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2000, 07:50 local time
- Place: Napa, CA
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2971° N, 122.3010° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Napa, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2971&lon=-122.3010&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6112Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6112Y-2003-01-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cameron Balloons US A-250 (registry code 1880119, https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-a-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CAMRON A250
- Pilot flight hours: 5,042 total, 645 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000404017939I

## Narrative

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

(-5) PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN A FIELD - SAW APPROACHING POWER LINES AND WAS UNABLE TO CLIMB ABOVE THEM. MANUEVERED TO AND SHORT OF POWER LINES BUT TOP OF BALLOON STRUCK WIRES AT THE TOP OF THE BALLOON ENVELOPE.

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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