20161027018239I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cameron Balloons US N-105 · Durango, CO · October 27, 2016

Date: October 27, 2016 · 10:00 local
Place: Durango, CO
Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4501Y
Reported as: Cameron Balloons US N-105
Reported engine: NONE NONE
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot

N4501YRegistered now · Cameron Balloons US N-105S/N 5845 · Built 1993 Airframe modelCameron Balloons US N-105 Engine modelNONENone

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.

On 10/27/2016 N4501Y landed after an uneventful flight to the PIC?s normal landing spot. After completing a successful landing, and shut down (burners off, tanks turned off, top cap ripped out) a gust of wind filled up balloon envelope. The balloon was blown into a row of defoliated cottonwood trees damaging the envelope fabric. No injuries of any kind were sustained

As the FAA filed it

ON 10/27/2016 N4501Y LANDED AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL FLIGHT TO THE PIC?S NORMAL LANDING SPOT. AFTER COMPLETING A SUCCESSFUL LANDING, AND SHUT DOWN (BURNERS OFF, TANKS TURNED OFF, TOP CAP RIPPED OUT) A GUST OF WIND FILLED UP BALLOON ENVELOPE. THE BALLOON WAS BLOWN INTO A ROW OF DEFOLIATED COTTONWOOD TREES DAMAGING THE ENVELOPE FABRIC. NO INJURIES OF ANY KIND WERE SUSTAINED

Other reports on N4501Y · 1

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

Incident 20160317002449ILanding: Approach · Pagosa Springs, COOn March 17th, 2016 at approximately 10:00 a.m. local, N4501Y, a Cameron balloon made contact with a residential power line on approach to landing west of Pagosa Springs, Colorado. The electricity discharged enough to cause a small burn to the basket before…Mar 17, 2016 · Minor damage