20221017016209I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Kubicek BB51Z · Salem, NH · October 17, 2022

Date
October 17, 2022 · 08:30 local
Place
Salem, NH
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N75213
Reported as
Kubicek BB51Z
People aboard
9
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total150 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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.

privacy data omitted Stated he obtained weather forecasts that indicated winds of 3-4 knots. Upon landing attempt winds were 6-7 knots. Boucher stated prior to attempting landing he had dragged the basket through trees to slow the balloon down. Mooring lines were thrown to his ground crew. privacy data omittedStated the descent was not fast enough and the wind was blowing him towards a house. He called for the crew to release the lines. As he fired the burner the crew still held the lines and a crewmeber was dragged down the street.

privacy data omitted Stated he struck the house roof and chimney and then made a climb. privacy data omitted Stated that he made a "drag" landing at a nearby golf course in which the basket tipped over and dragged on the ground due to wind.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE OBTAINED WEATHER FORECASTS THAT INDICATED WINDS OF 3-4 KNOTS. UPON LANDING ATTEMPT WINDS WERE 6-7 KNOTS. BOUCHER STATED PRIOR TO ATTEMPTING LANDING HE HAD DRAGGED THE BASKET THROUGH TREES TO SLOW THE BALLOON DOWN. MOORING LINES WERE THROWN TO HIS GROUND CREW. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^STATED THE DESCENT WAS NOT FAST ENOUGH AND THE WIND WAS BLOWING HIM TOWARDS A HOUSE. HE CALLED FOR THE CREW TO RELEASE THE LINES. AS HE FIRED THE BURNER THE CREW STILL HELD THE LINES AND A CREWMEBER WAS DRAGGED DOWN THE STREET.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE STRUCK THE HOUSE ROOF AND CHIMNEY AND THEN MADE A CLIMB. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE MADE A "DRAG" LANDING AT A NEARBY GOLF COURSE IN WHICH THE BASKET TIPPED OVER AND DRAGGED ON THE GROUND DUE TO WIND.