# NTSB CHI92LA252: Cameron N-90, N75250, Centralia, IL, August 16, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 16, 1992, 06:50 local (11:50 UTC)
- Place: Centralia, IL
- Coordinates: 38.519313, -89.119575 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5193&lon=-89.1196&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Emergency descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/600) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 30, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15528
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI92LA252
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15528/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA252

## Probable cause

ABRUPT TOUCHDOWN.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, descent - emergency
  - emergency procedure - performed, pilot in command
  - touchdown - abrupt (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N75250), registered now, S/N 5786, built 1992 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cameron N-90
- Registry model: [Cameron Balloons US N-90](https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-n-90) (registry code 1880260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Balloon
- Serial number: 5786
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920816032849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920816032849A), Aug 16, 1992: Camron N90, Centralia, IL. Landed suddenly to avoid another balloon that had descended in front of him and hit wires. Passenger broke ankle.

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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