# NTSB CEN26LA129: Cameron Balloons US Z-77, N699DF, East Mountain, TX, February 28, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: February 28, 2026, 08:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place: East Mountain, TX
- Coordinates: 32.59391, -94.8196 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5939&lon=-94.8196&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - North Texas FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 202572
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN26LA129
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202572/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA129

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [Cameron Balloons US Z-77, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md?model=1880302), [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N699DF](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N699DF), registered now, S/N 6601 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cameron Balloons US Z-77
- Registry model: [Cameron Balloons US Z-77](https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-z-77) (registry code 1880302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Balloon
- Serial number: 6601
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Departed: Longview, TX
- Destination: Longview, TX

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 30.05 inHg
- Observed at: KJXI, 9 nm away
- METAR: METAR KJXI 281435Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/06 A3005 RMK AO2 T01290056

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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