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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · National Ballooning 858 · Benninton, NE · August 21, 2016

Date: August 21, 2016 · 19:00 local
Place: Benninton, NE
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N31804
Reported as: National Ballooning 858
Reported engine: NONE NONE
People aboard: 5
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,017 total3,017 in this make and model32 in the last 90 days

N31804Registered now · National Ballooning 858S/N 171 · Built 2013 Airframe modelNational Ballooning 858 Engine modelNONENone

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What happened

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On August 21, 2016 at approximately 1900 CDT, N31804, National Ballooning Ltd, model 858, serial number 171 departed from 168th and ames ave omaha Nebraska with four passengers and one pilot aboard. The pilot reported that approximately 38 minutes into the flight the only fuel tank on board was depleted. The balloon drifted over lake bennington located in bennington Nebraska. The balloon continued to descend touched the water near the shore, struck an umbrella attached to a dock and landed in a private residence back yard. According to the pilot the balloon was traveling at 2 mph and none of the occupants sustained any injuries. Upon inspection of the balloon there did not appear to be any damage to the balloon or equipment.

As the FAA filed it

ON AUGUST 21, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 1900 CDT, N31804, NATIONAL BALLOONING LTD, MODEL 858, SERIAL NUMBER 171 DEPARTED FROM 168TH AND AMES AVE OMAHA NEBRASKA WITH FOUR PASSENGERS AND ONE PILOT ABOARD. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT APPROXIMATELY 38 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE ONLY FUEL TANK ON BOARD WAS DEPLETED. THE BALLOON DRIFTED OVER LAKE BENNINGTON LOCATED IN BENNINGTON NEBRASKA. THE BALLOON CONTINUED TO DESCEND TOUCHED THE WATER NEAR THE SHORE, STRUCK AN UMBRELLA ATTACHED TO A DOCK AND LANDED IN A PRIVATE RESIDENCE BACK YARD. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT THE BALLOON WAS TRAVELING AT 2 MPH AND NONE OF THE OCCUPANTS SUSTAINED ANY INJURIES. UPON INSPECTION OF THE BALLOON THERE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY DAMAGE TO THE BALLOON OR EQUIPMENT.