20051230031039I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr N-250 · Phoenix, AZ · December 30, 2005

Date
December 30, 2005 · 09:05 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N37EX
Reported as
Amtr N250
People aboard
12
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,311 total1,000 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot was attempting to land in a field. According to the pilot, during the landing the wind speed increased causing the balloon to come in contact with powerlines after touchdown.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND IN A FIELD. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, DURING THE LANDING THE WIND SPEED INCREASED CAUSING THE BALLOON TO COME IN CONTACT WITH POWERLINES AFTER TOUCHDOWN.