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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aerostar International RAVEN S49A · Canton, SD · November 30, 2013

Date: November 30, 2013 · 16:05 local
Place: Canton, SD
Airport: Canton Municipal
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7090A
Reported as: Aerostar International Raven S49A
Reported engine: NONE NONE
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 34 total34 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N7090ARegistration cancelled Sep 4, 2020 · Aerostar International RAVEN S49AS/N S49A-3189 · Built 1994 Airframe modelAerostar International RAVEN S49A Engine modelNONENone

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.

Pilot privacy data omitted was flying a hot air balloon N7090A and coming in for a landing 4 miles n.w. of Canton, SD around 1605 CDT. Pilot tried to land in a field and had to pick up and make a second attempt past a grove of trees in an open field. He didn?t see the power lines during his decent, then encountered a thermal & gust of wind and hit the power line. He was hung up until the line snapped and fell to the ground causing minor damage, bending one of the basket uprights. The pilot and passenger walked away without any injuries.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FLYING A HOT AIR BALLOON N7090A AND COMING IN FOR A LANDING 4 MILES N.W. OF CANTON, SD AROUND 1605 CDT. PILOT TRIED TO LAND IN A FIELD AND HAD TO PICK UP AND MAKE A SECOND ATTEMPT PAST A GROVE OF TREES IN AN OPEN FIELD. HE DIDN?T SEE THE POWER LINES DURING HIS DECENT, THEN ENCOUNTERED A THERMAL & GUST OF WIND AND HIT THE POWER LINE. HE WAS HUNG UP UNTIL THE LINE SNAPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE, BENDING ONE OF THE BASKET UPRIGHTS. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WALKED AWAY WITHOUT ANY INJURIES.