# Accident 20130421005859A: Cameron Balloons US Z-225, Vincetown, PA, April 21, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2013, 07:30 local time
- Place: Vincetown, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0964° N, 75.6547° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0964&lon=-75.6547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65625, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65625) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cameron Balloons US Z-225 (registry code 1880329, https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-z-225) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CAMERON BALLOONS US Z-225
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 11
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 4
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 350 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA212) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130421005859A

## Narrative

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

BALLOON APPROACH TO LANDING IMPACTED THE GROUND HARD AND TIPPED OVER ON ITS SIDE UP TO A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. PILOT AND  10 PASSENGERS ON BOARD WHERE TOSSED AROUND INSIDE THE BASKET.  AS THE BASKET  WAS DRAGGED FOWARD  THE BACK END OF THE BASKET  LIFTED UP CAUSING THE PASSENGERS IN THE BACK  TO BE EJECTED  FALLING FOWARD AND IMPACTING VARIOUS PARTS OF THE BASKET AND BURNER SYSTEM.  PASSENGERS FALLING FOWARD EXPERIENCED SECOND DEGREE BURNS WHEN A PROPANE FLASH IGNITED CAUSED BY THE ON/OFF VALVE OF THE BURNER BEING IMPACTED BY ONE OF THE PASSENGERS AND TURNED ON FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. ONE OTHER PASSENGER EXPERIENCED FIRST DEGREE BURNS. THE BALLOON ENVELOPE WAS DAMAGED (TORN) BY TREE LIMBS UPON LANDING.

## 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 ERA13LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA212), Apr 21, 2013: Cameron Balloons US Z-225 (N65625), Chester Springs, PA, minor damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to extinguish the burner pilot lights prior to a hard landing in windy conditions.

## Other reports on N65625 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20140615008599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140615008599A), Jun 15, 2014: Cameron Balloons US Z-225 (N65625), Spring City, PA, No damage, 1 fatal. Narrative: balloon was making a landing in an open, newly planted corn field, cleared the tree line on an 8 mph approach to the east of wall street. Upon first…

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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