# Incident 20100821045649I: Cameron Bal ZL-60, Centralia, IL, August 21, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2010, 19:00 local time
- Place: Centralia, IL
- Airport: Centralia Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5151° N, 89.0911° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTRALIA MUNI (ENL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5151&lon=-89.0911&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60ZL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N60ZL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cameron Balloons ZL-60 (registry code 1880339, https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-zl-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CAMERON BAL ZL-60
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 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/20100821045649I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 21, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 7:00 PM, A BALLOON DESCENDED INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA NEAR CENTRALIA, IL DURING A BALLOON FEST.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE BALLOON CAME DOWN ON A ROOF OF A HOUSE, SLIDING DOWN AND LANDING ONTO THE DECK.  AT THIS TIME A FEMALE PASSENGER EXITED THE BASKET AND TE  PILOT TOOK BACK OFF AND LANDED SOON LATER IN AN OPEN FIELD.ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, SOON AFTER INITIAL ASCENT BOTH BURNERS QUIT WORKING AND HE BEGAN AN UNCONTROLLED DESCENT.  HE SAID THAT HE TRIED IN VAIN TO GET THEM LIT, FINALLY TRYING THE MANUAL STRIKERS ON BOARD.  JUST PRIOR TO THIS THOUGH, HE HAD SELECTED FULL FLAME, BUT WITH NO PILOT LIGHTS BURNING, HE JUST PUMPED GASEOUS PROPANE INTO THE ENVELOPE.  ONCE THE MANUAL STRIKERS WERE USED ON THE MAIN BURNERS, HE SELECTED FULL FLAME, AND IN DOING SO IGNITED THE GASEOUS PROPANE ALREADY IN THE ENVELOPE, BLOWING OUT A COUPLE OF PANELS IN THE ENVELOPE. AT THIS POINT THE PILOT CLAIMS THAT HE ONCE AGAIN LOST POWER AND LANDED THE BALLOON IN THE BACKYARD OF A RESIDENTIAL HOME CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.THE PILOT INDICATED THAT HE TOOK BACK OFF TO KEEP THE BALLOON CLEAR OF POWER LINES THAT WERE NEAR TO HIM.  THE ONLY DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE WAS TO A TV ANTENNA.  THE CONTROLLED DESCENT AND LANDING FOLLOWING THIS INCIDENT WAS UNEVENTFUL.  THE FEMALE PASSENGER WHO EXITED THE BALLOON AFTER LANDING WAS SENT TO THE HOSPITAL BUT RELEASED A SHORT TIME LATER.  THE PILOT INDICATED THAT AFTER LANDING, BOTH BURNERS STARTED WORKING AGAIN AND HE REPOSITIONED THE BALLOON TO A SAFE AREA AND AN UNEVENTFULL LANDING WAS MADE.I WAS CONTACTED AT 10:45 PM BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, OF THE KANSAS CITY ROC, WHO WAS FILLING IN FOR THE GREAT LAKES ROC.THE BALLOON WAS SENT TO CAMERON BALLOONS IN ANN ARBOR, MI AND RECEIVED ON 08/31/2010.  THE BASKET, BURNERS, AND FUEL SYSTEM WERE TAKEN TO LIND STRAND BALLOONS IN GALENA, IL ON 08/30/2010.  BOTH THE ENVELOPE AND THE BURNER ASSEMBLIES HAD 8020-2 TAGS AFFIXED TO THEM BY THE KANSAS CITY FSDO.

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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