# Incident 20160821014649I: National Ballooning Ltd 858, Benninton, NE, August 21, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2016, 19:00 local time
- Place: Benninton, NE
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N31804, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31804) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: National Ballooning 858 (registry code 6113320, https://openairdocs.org/model/national-ballooning-858) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NATIONAL BALLOONING LTD 858
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,017 total, 3,017 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160821014649I

## Narrative

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

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.

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