# Incident 20090907025489I: Head Balloo AX8-105, Stowe, VT, September 7, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2009, 08:00 local time
- Place: Stowe, VT
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4672° N, 72.6838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stowe, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4672&lon=-72.6838&mi=10
- Aircraft: N105VT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N105VT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Head Balloons AX8-105 (registry code 4280300, https://openairdocs.org/model/head-balloons-ax8-105) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HEAD BALLOO AX8-105
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 5
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 406 total, 280 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090907025489I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED ON APPROACH TO LANDING A "ROGUE WIND" PUSHED HIM FROM BEHIND.  THE PILOT FELT A BREEZE IN HIS FACE INDICATING THE BALLOON WAS ACCELERATING TO THE LANDING POINT, WHERE HE TRIED TO BURN HIS WAY OUT OF THE SITUATION BUT HIT HARD.  THE BALLOON BECAME AIRBORN AGAIN, WHERE HE SET UP FOR ANOTHER LANDING CLOSE BY, THIS TIME LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT.  FOUR PAX ONBOARD.  ALL WITH BUMPS AND BRUISES.  NO DAMAGE TO THE BASKET, BURNER OR ENVELOPE.

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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