# Accident 20091111023139A: Camron A250, Napa, CA, November 11, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2009, 09:45 local time
- Place: Napa, CA
- Airport: Napa County
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3681° N, 122.2883° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3681&lon=-122.2883&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4062M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4062M) (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: 11
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,475 total, 375 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10CA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091111023139A

## Narrative

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

COMMERCIAL SIGHT SEEING FLIGHT.  ERRATIC WIND CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT.  THEY WERE NOT FORCASTED WHEN PILOT RECEIVED WEATHER BRIEFING.  ATTEMPTED THREE APPROACHES AND MISSED THEM DUE TO WIND SHIFTS BEING TOO ERRATIC.  FINALLY LINED UP WITH A FIELD WHICH WAS ONY OPERATION LEFT AT THIS POINT SINCE THE TERRAIN WAS BECOMING UNSUITABLE.  BRIEFED PASSENGERS AND MADE A DELIBERATE APPROACH WITH A FIRM LANDING.  BOUNCED ONCE AND CAME TO REST WITH THE CANOPY RESTING AGAINST AT TREE.  AT TOTAL OF 11 PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR10CA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA058), Nov 11, 2009: Cameron Balloons US A-250 (N4062M), Napa, CA, no damage. Probable cause: The pilot's encounter with variable winds which resulted in a hard landing and passenger injury.

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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