# Incident 20010506014859I: Camron O77, Allentown, PA, May 6, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2001, 07:30 local time
- Place: Allentown, PA
- Airport: Lehigh Valley International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6524° N, 75.4404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEHIGH VALLEY INTL (ABE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6524&lon=-75.4404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7400C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7400C-2013-06-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cameron Balloons O-77 (registry code 1880108, https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-o-77) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CAMRON O77
- Pilot flight hours: 880 total, 100 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010506014859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING INFLATION OF THE BALLOON, THE TIE DOWN STRAP QUICK DISCONNECT FAILED, RELEASING THE BALLOON. THE BALLOON BECAME SOMEWHAT BOUYANT AND MOVED HORIZONTALLY ALONG THE GROUND UNTIL IT HIT A GROUP OF TREES.  THERE WERENO INJURIES AND DAMAGE WAS MINOR.  REMOVING THE BALLOON ENVELOPE FROM THE TREES CAUSED MOST OF THE DAMAGE, WHICH IS REPAIRABLE.  THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE GOOD, WITH A SLIGHT BREEZE.  NOTE:  THE BALLOON WAS EXAMINED AT THE OWNER'S HOME, NOT THE ACCIDENT SCENE.

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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