# Incident 20070902825659I: Camron A250, Lakemoor, IL, September 2, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2007
- Place: Lakemoor, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3389° N, 88.2027° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakemoor, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3389&lon=-88.2027&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4462W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4462W-2023-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cameron Balloons US A-250 (registry code 1880119, https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-a-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CAMRON A250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 501 total, 470 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070902825659I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING LANDING, BALLOON CAME IN CONTACT WITH A TREE. THE BALLOON BROKE AN APPROXIMATELY 6 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMB WHICH TORE A LARGE HOLE IN THE ENVELOPE JUST ABOVE WHERE THE CABLES TIE INTO THE ENVELOPE. DURING IMPACT THE BURNERS WERE ENGAGED AND DAMAGED (BURNED) SOME OF THE FABRIC (THREE PANELS).

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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