# Incident 20221017016209I: Kubicek BB51Z, Salem, NH, October 17, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2022, 08:30 local time
- Place: Salem, NH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7884° N, 71.2009° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salem, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7884&lon=-71.2009&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75213, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N75213) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Balony Kubicek Spol Sro BB51Z (registry code 1370500, https://openairdocs.org/model/balony-kubicek-spol-sro-bb51z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KUBICEK BB51Z
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 150 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221017016209I

## Narrative

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

^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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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