- Date
- August 16, 1992, 06:50 local (11:50 UTC)
- Place
- Centralia, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N75250Cameron N-90
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920816032849A
- Case key
- 15528
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Probable cause
Abrupt touchdown.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Pilot was in level flight over an open field. A balloon ahead descended and took evasive action to avoid power lines. The pilot made an emergency descent and landed to avoid the other balloon and the power lines. The basket rolled over after touchdown, injuring one of the passengers aboard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75250
- Reported as
- Cameron N-90
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- 5786
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- General Motors Corp., Inc, doing business as Oldsmobile Division
- Registered owner
- General Motors Corp., Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 22, 1992
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 500 in this make and model · 2,000 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.