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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cameron Balloons US A-400 · Yountville, CA · November 3, 2011

Date
November 3, 2011 · 08:43 local
Place
Yountville, CA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N6511N
Reported as
Cameron Balloons US A-400
Reported engine
NONE NONE
People aboard
24
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,300 total90 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Balloon landed on finnel st. near the intersection of vista Dr. In Yountville, CA. After landing, the balloon was blown into a light pole and became entangled.

As the FAA filed it

BALLOON LANDED ON FINNEL ST. NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF VISTA DR. IN YOUNTVILLE, CA. AFTER LANDING, THE BALLOON WAS BLOWN INTO A LIGHT POLE AND BECAME ENTANGLED.