# Accident 20120221006279A: Lindstrand Balloons 180A, Temecula, CA, February 21, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2012, 10:00 local time
- Place: Temecula, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4936° N, 117.1484° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Temecula, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4936&lon=-117.1484&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49CD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N49CD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lindstrand Balloons 180A (registry code 5180003, https://openairdocs.org/model/lindstrand-balloons-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LINDSTRAND BALLOONS 180A
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 310 total, 191 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120221006279A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ON APPROACH TO LANDING WHEN HE CONTACTED HIGH VOLTAGE POWER LINES.POWER LINES SUSPENDED BALLOON UNTIL THEY SNAPED.  BALLOON LANDING WAS HARD.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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