What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) On June 14, 2006 at approximately 19:30 LCL, a balloon operated by the pilots privacy data omitted encountered a low level wind shear during an approach to a landing in an open field near Frisco Texas. The balloon began a higher than normal descent resulting in a hard landing, ejecting privacy data omitted from the basket. The balloon became airborne again without the additional weight of privacy data omitted in the basket resulting in a second hard landing which ejected privacy data omitted from the basket. The balloon continued across a field and came to rest against a light pole where a fire ensued completely destroying the basket, propane bottles and burners.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON JUNE 14, 2006 AT APPROXIMATELY 19:30 LCL, A BALLOON OPERATED BY THE PILOTS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ENCOUNTERED A LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR DURING AN APPROACH TO A LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD NEAR FRISCO TEXAS. THE BALLOON BEGAN A HIGHER THAN NORMAL DESCENT RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING, EJECTING ^PRIVACY DATA O^ FROM THE BASKET. THE BALLOON BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN WITHOUT THE ADDITIONAL WEIGHT OF ^PRIVACY DATA O^ IN THE BASKET RESULTING IN A SECOND HARD LANDING WHICH EJECTED ^PRIVACY DA^ FROM THE BASKET. THE BALLOON CONTINUED ACROSS A FIELD AND CAME TO REST AGAINST A LIGHT POLE WHERE A FIRE ENSUED COMPLETELY DESTROYING THE BASKET, PROPANE BOTTLES AND BURNERS.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.