- Date
- November 26, 1983, 08:35 local (16:35 UTC)
- Place
- Temecula, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N741CBCameron A-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831126060649A
- Case key
- 24092
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Analysis
The plt reported that he had received wx info from the tv, but no wx report was obtained from flt service. When he took off on a sight-seeing flt at 0745 PST, the wind was calm. After takeoff, he flew at lower altitudes, then climbed & flew between 1200 & 2200 ft AGL. The plt estimated that at the lower altitudes, the wind was blowing at 3 to 4 KTS, and at the higher altitudes, it increased to 7 to 9 KTS. However, when he elected to land at 0835 PST, the plt estimated the surface wind was from the north at 12 gusting 14 KTS. Before landing, he 'contoured' the surface until reaching a grassy meadow with a slight downhill slope. Reportedly, the balloon skidded during touchdown, became airborne about 10 ft AGL, then landed again. One passenger received a fractured ankle during the landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N741CB
- Reported as
- Cameron A-140
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- 862
- Airframe hours
- 115
- Engine
- unknown 07, 9 horsepower, unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Daniel Horst, doing business as Rainbow Balloons
- Registered owner
- David H. Buehner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · October 25, 1983 · 15 hours before
- Airport
- 2LO
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
- 26
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 350 total · 115 in this make and model · 338 as pilot in command · 56 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 12 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RIV, 13 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.