# Incident 20150810021909I: Cameron Balloons A-315, Oakville, CA, August 10, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2015, 08:52 local time
- Place: Oakville, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4384° N, 122.4068° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oakville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4384&lon=-122.4068&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1259Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1259Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cameron Balloons A-315 (registry code 1880214, https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-a-315) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CAMERON BALLOONS A-315
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 17
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,180 total, 814 in this make and model, 66 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150810021909I

## Narrative

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

ON 08-10-15 THE PILOT OF N1259Z DEPARTED FORM THE LAUNCH SITE AND ONCE AIRBORNE THE WIND SHIFTED FROM SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTHEAST. ALONG THE ROUTE OF FLIGHT THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE TWO LANDINGS BEFORE THE FINAL ATTEMPT. PRIOR TO LANDING THE PILOT DECIDED THAT THERE WAS NO WAY TO CLEAR THE TREES THAT WERE IN THE FLIGHT PATH OF THE BALLOON. THE PILOT SAW A LANDING SPOT THAT THE PILOT THOUGHT WOULD WORK AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND. WHICH WAS ON A VINEYARD IN OAKVILLE CALIFORNIA. WHEN THE PILOT TOUCHDOWN THE BALLOON HIT A TRELLIS AND FLIPPED OVER CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TRELLIS AND SOME VINES. THERE WERE TWO MINOR INJURIES REPORTED BUT BOTH DENIED MEDICAL ATTENTION.

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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