20150927020659I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Lindstrand Balloons 60A · Prosper, TX · September 27, 2015

Date: September 27, 2015 · 18:50 local
Place: Prosper, TX
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N171LB
Reported as: Lindstrand Balloons 60A
Reported engine: NONE NONE
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 8 in this make and model8 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.

Student pilot conducting first solo balloon flight. Airman elected to land in a field near a major highway. After touchdown the balloon's envelope deflated and draped over a small 2 strand service power line leading to a nearby home. The Prosper police and fire responded and the local power company dispatched a crew to shutoff the power. A recovery crew using a small crane lifted the envelope off of the power line and power was restored. No damage to the balloon or the power line was sustained. No injury.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT CONDUCTING FIRST SOLO BALLOON FLIGHT. AIRMAN ELECTED TO LAND IN A FIELD NEAR A MAJOR HIGHWAY. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE BALLOON'S ENVELOPE DEFLATED AND DRAPED OVER A SMALL 2 STRAND SERVICE POWER LINE LEADING TO A NEARBY HOME. THE PROSPER POLICE AND FIRE RESPONDED AND THE LOCAL POWER COMPANY DISPATCHED A CREW TO SHUTOFF THE POWER. A RECOVERY CREW USING A SMALL CRANE LIFTED THE ENVELOPE OFF OF THE POWER LINE AND POWER WAS RESTORED. NO DAMAGE TO THE BALLOON OR THE POWER LINE WAS SUSTAINED. NO INJURY.