# Incident 20000429019389I: Lbl LBL*, Louisville, KY, April 29, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2000, 08:30 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2542° N, 85.7594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2542&lon=-85.7594&mi=10
- Aircraft: GWISH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LBL LBL*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 253 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000429019389I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON APRIL 29, 200, AT APPROXIMATELY 1230 UTC, A LINDSTRAND HOT AIR BALLOON, INITED KINDOM REGISTRATION #GWISH, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE APPEARENTLY FROM CONTACT WITH ELECTICAL WIRES DURING A CONFINED AREA LANDING IN A COMMERICAL DEVELOPMENT AT LOUISVILLE, KY. THE BALLOON WAS OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR 91 AS PART OF A ANCTIONED BALLOON RACE.  THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT (BOTH US AND UK PILOT CERTIFICATES) AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.  DAMAGE WAS CONTAINED TO SMALL BURN MARKS OF THE BALLOON'S ENVELOPE AND THE TOP TWO FEET OF A UTILITY POLE.  THE PILOT INDICATED THAT THE FUEL PRESSURE WAS LOW DURING THE APPROACH AND LANDING.  THE PASSENGERS INDICATED THAT THEY WERE OUT OF FUEL AS STATED BY THE PILOT DURING THE APPROACH. EXAMINATION OF THE FUEL TANK GASES APPEARED TO BE EMPTY.  OBSERVATION OF THE PILOT OPENING THE VAPOR VALVESINDICATED NO LIQUID SEEPING, BUT WITH A SLIGHT ODOR OF PROPANE.  A LEAK CHECK OF THE FUEL SYSTEM WAS PERFORMED.  NO LEAKS WERE OBSERVED, HOWEVER, FUEL PRESSURE FAILED TO REGISTER ON 2 OF THE 4 FUEL TANKS.  INSPECTION AND RETURN TO SERVICE UNDER UK CAA REGULATIONS ON APRIL 1, 2000.  WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WERE AS FOLLOWS: WIND-300 DEGREE S AT 5 KNOTS, VISABILITY 5 S.M. CEILING 9500 BROKEN, ALTIMETER 30.00 HG.

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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