# Incident 20010826022879I: Camron O77, Findlay, OH, August 26, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2001, 08:24 local time
- Place: Findlay, OH
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0474° N, 83.6381° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Findlay, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0474&lon=-83.6381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5313R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5313R) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 250 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010826022879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT MADE A RAPID DESCENT TO AVOID A SET OF POWER LINES IN HIS FLIGHT PATH. THE DESCENT ALLOWED THE BASKET AND CREW TO LAND SAFELY, AND CAUSED THE BALLOON TO COME IN CONTACT WITH THE POWER LINES. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE BALLOON OR BASKET.

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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