# Incident 20000702028419I: Camron O65, Battle Creek, MI, July 2, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2000, 09:00 local time
- Place: Battle Creek, MI
- Airport: W K Kellogg Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N89CB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89CB-2017-02-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cameron Balloons O-65 (registry code 1880106, https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-o-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CAMRON O65
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 400 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000702028419I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS DESCENDING UPON A LANDING SITE WHEN HE SPOTTED POWER LINES AT THE LAST MINUTE. HE STATED THAT HE TRIED TO CLIMB BUT DID NOT HAVE TIME OR DISTANCE TO CLEAR LINES.  PILOT INITIATED AN EMERGENCY LANDING PROCEDURE AND LANDED BEFORE HITTING POWER LINES.  ENVELOPE CONTACTED WIRES BUT NO DAMAGE.  WHEN THE ENVELOPE DESCENDED ON THE HOT BURNER SOME OF THE MATERIAL WAS MELTED.  NO INJURIES AND MINOR ENVELOPE DAMAGE.

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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