# Incident 20070618015759I: Camron N120, North Coventry, PA, June 18, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2007, 19:50 local time
- Place: North Coventry, PA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2199° N, 75.6818° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Township of North Coventry, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2199&lon=-75.6818&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4537S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4537S-2010-06-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cameron Balloons U S N 120 (registry code 1880228, https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-u-s-n-120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CAMRON N120
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 381 total, 381 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070618015759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AS RELATED DURING A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE PIC, ON JUNE 18, 2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 1950 EDT, HE LANDED DUE TO WINDS INCREASING TOWARDS LANDING LIMITS. PIC BRIEFED THE SIX (6) PASSENGERS FOR A HIGH WIND/ROUGH LANDING AND TOUCHED DOWN IN THE NORTH COVENTRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (CHESTER COUNTY, PA) ATHLETIC FIELDS. WIND STARTED DRAGGING BALLOON AND ONE MALE PASSENGER'S HAND BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE ENVELOPE FLYWIRES. AS PIC ATTEMPTED TO ASSIST HIM THE ENVELOPE AND BALLOON TIPPED OVER AND SEVERAL OTHER PASSENGERS LANDED ON A FEMALE PASSENGER. BALLOON ENVELOPE WAS DEFLATED AND THE BURNERS AND PROPANE WERE SECURED. THE CHASE CREW ARRIVED AND THE PIC INSTRUCTED THEM TO CALL 911. POLICE AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL ARRIVED AND ALL SIX PASSENGERS WERE TREATED AND TRANSPORTED TO POTTSTOWN AND LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITALS. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE BALLOON. FOLLOW UP TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, OWNER OF US BALLOON TEAM CONFIRMED THAT THE BALLOON WAS UNDAMAGED. HE ALSO CONFIRMED THAT ANY INJURIES TO THE PASSENGERS APPEARED TO BE MINOR.

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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