40.2184° N, 83.3451° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Marysville, OH, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 11, 2018 · 19:30 local
Place
Marysville, OH
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
NONE
Reported as
Cameron Z-56
Reported engine
N/A N/A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
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.
While on approach to landing a line/rope from balloon snagged grain silo. Persons on ground were able to pull balloon free using rope dropped from balloon. Pilot was then able to land balloon safely.
As the FAA filed it
WHILE ON APPROACH TO LANDING A LINE/ROPE FROM BALLOON SNAGGED GRAIN SILO. PERSONS ON GROUND WERE ABLE TO PULL BALLOON FREE USING ROPE DROPPED FROM BALLOON. PILOT WAS THEN ABLE TO LAND BALLOON SAFELY.