# Incident 20080926850719I: Thundr AX890S2, Prosser, WA, September 26, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 2008
- Place: Prosser, WA
- Airport: Prosser
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.2134° N, 119.7956° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PROSSER (S40), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2134&lon=-119.7956&mi=10
- Aircraft: N794TC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N794TC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Thunder & Colt Airborne Amer AX8-90 S 2 (registry code 2301214, https://openairdocs.org/model/thunder-colt-airborne-amer-ax8-90-s-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: THUNDR AX890S2
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 375 total, 330 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080926850719I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND OF N749TC LTA BALLOON, TOOK OFF FROM THE PROSSER AIRPORT (S90) AT 7:15AM.  THE WINDS WERE OUT OF THE WEST AT 1MPH AND THE CEILING UNLIMITED.  AFTER FLYING APPROXIMATELY 40 MINUTES HE BEGAN LOOKING FOR LANDING SITES WHICH HE INDICATED WERE LIMITED DUE TO THE INCREASED WIND SPEED OUT OF THE WEST AT 6-7MPH.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SET UP FOR A LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD.  HOWEVER, DO TO THE INCREASED WIND, A SHORT FIELD AND OBSTACLES LOCATED AT THE END, HE ABORTED THE LANDING SITE AND BEGAN LOOKING FOR ANOTHER FIELD.  UPON SELECTING ANOTHER FIELD HE STARTED HIS APPROACH AND DESCENT.  HE NOTED A LINE OF TREES THAT RAN FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OF THE FIELD.  HE ESTIMATED HIS DRIFT AT 6.5 MPH AND HEADING EAST.  AS HE CLEARED THE ROW OF TREES, THERE APPEARED AN ACCESS ROAD AND POWERLINES.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID NOT SEE THE POWERLINES UNTIL HE HAD CLEARED THE TREE LINE.  HE IMMEDIATELY ADDED HEAT TO THE BALLOON IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE DESCENT.  THE BOTTOM OF THE BALLOON BASKET MADE CONTACT WITH THE UPPER MOST POWERLINE PULLING ON THE POWERLINE.  THE POWERLINE BROKE AND FELL TO THE GROUND.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED SAFELY IN THE FIELD APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE AWAY.  THERE WAS NO FIRE OR DAMGE TO THE BALLOON.

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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