# Incident 20030905026059I: Camron N90, Las Vegas, NV, September 5, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2003
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7526H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7526H-2017-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cameron Balloons US N-90 (registry code 1880260, https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-n-90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CAMRON N90
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030905026059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT HIT STREET LIGHT POST DURING INITIAL ASCENT/TAKEOFF AND PASSENGERS OBSERVED HIM UNTANGLE A ROPE THAT HAD WRAPPED AROUND THE STREET LIGHT. ONE PASSENGER STATED THAT SHE HIT HER ELBOW ON SOMETHING BUT NO PHYSICAL INJURIES OBSERVED. THE BALLOON DID NOT APPEAR DAMAGED FROM THE IMPACT WITH THE STREET LIGHT POST BUT THE BALLOON ENVELOPE WAS IN AN UNAIRWORTHY CONDITION FROM NUMEROUS HOLES/TEARS AND RIPS IN THE ENVELOPE FABRIC. THE PILOT ON FINAL LANDING PUT THE BALLOON DOWN ON AN ACTIVE RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION SITE WITH SEVERAL LARGE PIECES OF EARTH MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATING. THE SITE SUPERVISOR STATED THAT THE BALLOON DID NOT GET PERMISSION TO LAND AND IN ADDITION ALMOST LANDED ON ONE OF THE LARGE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WHILE IT WAS MOVING EARTH.

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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