20231207017669I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Ultramagic N-300 · Phoenix, AZ · December 7, 2023

Date: December 7, 2023 · 08:50 local
Place: Phoenix, AZ
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N320EX
Reported as: Ultramagic N-300
Reported engine: NONE NONE
People aboard: 10
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,500 total25 in the last 90 days

N320EXRegistered now · Ultramagic N-300S/N 300/72 · Built 2018 Airframe modelUltramagic N-300 Engine modelNONENone

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Phoenix, AZ: privacy data omitted, N-300, during a recreational flight (hot air expedition), the winds changed, and the pilot needed to find an alternate landing spot. While attempting to land at the alternate destination spot the material of the balloon envelope got stuck on a city light pole and tore the material. No injuries to anyone on board or on the ground. The balloon came to rest in a residential back yard privacy data omitted) with the envelope draping over a fence. POB: 9, injuries: none, damage: minor to the envelope. 12/07/2023.

As the FAA filed it

PHOENIX, AZ: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, N-300, DURING A RECREATIONAL FLIGHT (HOT AIR EXPEDITION), THE WINDS CHANGED, AND THE PILOT NEEDED TO FIND AN ALTERNATE LANDING SPOT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT THE ALTERNATE DESTINATION SPOT THE MATERIAL OF THE BALLOON ENVELOPE GOT STUCK ON A CITY LIGHT POLE AND TORE THE MATERIAL. NO INJURIES TO ANYONE ON BOARD OR ON THE GROUND. THE BALLOON CAME TO REST IN A RESIDENTIAL BACK YARD ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^) WITH THE ENVELOPE DRAPING OVER A FENCE. POB: 9, INJURIES: NONE, DAMAGE: MINOR TO THE ENVELOPE. 12/07/2023.