# Incident 20050510033699I: Sublette, KS, May 10, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2005, 10:20 local time
- Place: Sublette, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4822° N, 100.8466° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sublette, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4822&lon=-100.8466&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050510033699I

## Narrative

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

(-23) A NASA UNMANNED BALLOON LANDED NEAR SUBLETTE, KANSAS, AFTER ENCOUNTERING UNFORECAST WINDS ALOFT. THE BALLOON WAS LAUNCHED FROM FT. SUMNER, N.M. WITH A TELESCOPE ATTACHED. THE HASKELL COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SECURED THE LANDING SITE. A NASA RECOVERY TEAM WAS QUICKLY AT THE LANDING SITE WITH THE NASA CHASE PLANE GOING TO GARDEN CITY, KANSAS TO LAND. THE ALBUQUERQUE FSDO INDICATED, THRU THEIR SURVEILLANCES, NASA LAUNCHES THIS TYPE OF BALLOON ON A REGULAR BASIS WITH VERY FEW PROBLEMS. THE ALBUQUERQUE FSDO INDICATED THEY HAVE FOUND COMPLIANCE WITH CFR PART 101 AND HAVE FOUND VERY FEW PROBLEMS WITH THEIR OVERALL OPERATIONS. THIS UNMANNED BALLOON APPARENTLY ENCOUNTERED UNFORECAST WINDS, THE UNMANNED BALLOON WAS RETURNED TO EARTH. THE REGIONAL OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED. NO INSPECTOR WAS DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE. PICTURES WERE TAKEN BY THE HASKELL COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, HOWEVER, THE PICTURES OR THE POLICE REPORT HAVE NOT BEEN FORWARDED TO THIS OFFICE AS OF THIS DATE. THIS INSPECTOR, BASED UPON THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION, RECOMMENDS THIS MATTER BE CLOSED WITH NO ACTION.

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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