# Incident 20030620013629I: Amtr AX10, High Point, NC, June 20, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2003, 20:16 local time
- Place: High Point, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9557° N, 80.0053° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of High Point, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9557&lon=-80.0053&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5129B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR AX10
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,450 total, 183 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030620013629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER PROPER WX ANALYSIS AND PRE-FLIGHT PLANNING, BALLOON N-5129 DEPARTED CASH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, KERNERSVILLE, NC AND PROCEEDED SSE TOWARDS HIGH POINT, NC. A LARGE SUITABLE LANDING SITE WAS INTENDED; HOWEVER, DUE TO OROGRAGHIC CONDITIONS AND VARIABLE GUSTY WINDS THE LANDING COULD NOT BE COMPLETED. A BURN WAS INITIATED; HOWEVER, ONE BURNER & PILOT LIGHT WENT OUT. A SUCCESSFUL RESTART WAS ACCOMPLISHED. THE RESPONSE DELAY ALLOWED THE GONDOLLA TO CONTACT THE TOP OF AN APARTMENT HOUSE. AFTER ANOTHER ATTEMPTED LANDING & AN ABORT, A SMALL AREA WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE ONLY SUITABLE LANDING SITE DUE TO PENDING DARKNESS AND MINIMUM FUEL. A LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO INJURIES TO PILOT AND PAX. MINOR NON-STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE LOWER PANELS OF THE ENVELOPE. THIS HAS BEEN REPAIRED. BURNERS OK.

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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