# Incident 20160506003699I: Ultramagic Sa N-425, Davenport, FL, May 6, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2016, 07:55 local time
- Place: Davenport, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.1711° N, 81.5952° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Davenport, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.1711&lon=-81.5952&mi=10
- Aircraft: N990BR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N990BR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ultramagic N-425 (registry code 9130017, https://openairdocs.org/model/ultramagic-n-425) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ULTRAMAGIC SA N-425
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 20
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160506003699I

## Narrative

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

PILOT OPERATING HOT AIR BALLOON WITH (19) PASSENGERS WAS ABOUT ONE MILE FROM LANDING AREA BUT THE WINDS WERE PICKING UP AND THE WIND SHEARS WERE GETTING STRONGER. THE PILOT PERFORMED A CONTROLLED LANDING NEAR THE SIDE OF INTERSTATE 4 TO PREVENT HITTING A BARBED WIRE FENCE AND POSSIBLE POWERLINES. ALL PASSENGERS REMAINED IN THE BASKET DURING THE LANDING WITH NO INJURIES AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE BALLOON, BASKET OR ENGINES.

## Other reports on N990BR (1)

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

- [Incident 20120416007469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120416007469I), Apr 16, 2012: Ultramagic Sa N-425 (N990BR), Clermont, FL, No damage. Balloon land at arnold's tree ranch, in Clermont, in a dead tree field at aprox. 4 mph. On second bounce, a small girl cried out as her mother fell on her. The…

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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