# Accident 20000812013199A: Raven S66A, Edwards, CO, August 12, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2000, 09:00 local time
- Place: Edwards, CO
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6504° N, 106.6009° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6504&lon=-106.6009&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5268L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5268L-2013-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerostar International S-66A (registry code 7486066, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-international-s-66a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAVEN S66A
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN00LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA150) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000812013199A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 12, 2000, AT 09:00 AM MDT, AN AEROSTAR S-66A BALLOON, N5268L SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT STRUCK POWER LINES DURING LANDING AT EDWARDS, CO. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND HIS FIVE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE BALLOON, UPON LANDING, AND BEFORE THE FROUND CREW ARRIVED, DRIFTED INTO THE POWER LINES. THE PILOT HEARD THE TWO POPS FROM THE POWER LINES AND EVACUATED THE PASSENGERS, SHUT THE EQUIPMENT DOWN ADN DEFLATED THE BALLOON AND THEN LEFT THE BALLOON. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER TITLE 14, CFR 135, COMMERCIAL SIGHT-SEEING. (.19) ON AUGUST 12, 2000, AT 0915 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, AN AEROSTAR S-66A BALLOON, N5268L SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT STRUCK POWER LINES DURING LANDING AT EDWARDS, COLORADO.  THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND HIS FIVE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 913  AS A LOCAL AREA SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WIND BLEW THE BALLOON INTO POWER LINES DURING THE LANDING WHEN THE GROUND CREW, WHO THOUGHT THE PILOT WAS GOING TO HOLD IT INTO POSITION, FAILED TO DO SO. THE PIL                                                 OT REPORTED THE WIND AT THE TIME TO BE ABOUT 4 KNOTS. DAMAGE TO THE BALLOON WAS TO THE PYROMETER, 7 PANELS AND TWO LOAD TAPES.

## 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 DEN00LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA150), Aug 12, 2000: Aerostar S-66A (N5268L), Edwards, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: Lack of crew coordination when the ground crew failed to hold the balloon in position following landing as the pilot expected them to do. A factor was power lines.

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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