# Accident 20000526013359A: Aerostar International RAVEN S57-A, Windermere, FL, May 26, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2000, 16:00 local time
- Place: Windermere, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.4900° N, 81.5293° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4900&lon=-81.5293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6341V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6341V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerostar International RAVEN S57-A (registry code 7485057, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-international-raven-s57-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA179) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000526013359A

## Narrative

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

(-23) BALLON WAS TETHERED WITHA THREE POINT 3/4" ROPE HARNESS, ANCHORRED ON THE UPWIND SIDES TO SOLID TREES AND ON THE DOWNWIND SIDE TO A TRUCK. AS THE FOUR PASSENGERS BOARDED, THE BALLON WAS SUDDENLY LAUNCHED BY "FALSE LIFT", WAS THROWN OUT OF THE HARNESS ABOUT 80 FEET.  PILOT INITATED VENT TOP EMERGENCY RIP-OUT PROCEDURES UNSUCCESSFULLY.  BOTH UPWIND TETHER LINES SNAPPED, 30 SECONDS LATER THE DOWNWIND TETHER SNAPPED INITIATING FREE FLIGHT OF THE BALLON.  PILOT STABILIZED THE BALLON ENOUGH TO INITIATE AN EMERGENCY LANDING.  THE BALLON IMPACTED THE TREES ABOUT 1/8 MILE DOWNWIND OF ORIGINAL TETHER SITE.  DAMAGE TO THE BASKET WAS SUBSTANTIAL WIHT TWO OF THE RIGID UPRIGHTS HAVING SNAPPED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA00LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA179), May 26, 2000: Aerostar S57-A (N6341V), Windermere, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: an in-flight collision with a tree. A factor in this accident was high wind conditions.

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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