# Accident 20051030026789A: Camron O90, West Portal, NJ, October 30, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2005, 16:00 local time
- Place: West Portal, NJ
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2983° N, 74.5208° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2983&lon=-74.5208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4066X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4066X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cameron Balloons US O-90 (registry code 1880271, https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-o-90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CAMRON O90
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 280 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC06CA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051030026789A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAUNCH A HOT AIR BALLOON, A GROUND CREW MEMBER BECAME ENTANGLED IN TWO VENT LINES AND WAS LIFTED OFF GROUND AND TRANSPORTED 100 YARDS. GROUND CREW MEMBER THEN BECAME UNTANGLED, FELL THROUGH TREES AND A BARN, SUSTAINING SERIOUS INJURIES. NO DAMAGE TO BALLOON.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC06CA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA022), Oct 30, 2005: Cameron Balloons O-90 (N4066X), Bethlehem Twp., NJ, no damage. Probable cause: The ground crewmember's inadvertent entanglement in the balloon's vent lines.

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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