# Incident 20040321006069I: Raven S77A, San Diego, CA, March 21, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2004, 17:45 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42746, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42746-2018-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raven Industries S77A (registry code 7480650, https://openairdocs.org/model/raven-industries-s77a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAVEN S77A
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 462 total, 19 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040321006069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 3, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 1745 PST, N42746, A HOT AIR BALLOON EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA IN NORTH SAN DIEGO, CA. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT A STRONG SMELL OF PROPANE WAS NOTICED. THEN ICING WAS NOTICED ON THE NUMBER 2 VALVE OF ONE OF THE TANKS. IMMEDIATELY A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS INITIATED. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE BALLOON AND NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS. EXAMINATION OF THE INCIDENT DISCLOSED THAT THE AIR RELIEF VALVE WAS OPEN SLIGHTLY CAUSING THE ICING AND THE ODOR. THIS INCIDENT IS NOT RELATED TO A NMAC OR PILOT DEVIATION.

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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