- Date
- September 30, 1986, 09:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tiburon, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2948GCameron 0-77
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860930047889A
- Case key
- 25267
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Analysis
After completing an aerial advertising flight across the san francisco bay, the plt attempted a landing on up-sloping terrain. The terrain was steeper than anticipated & the plt became distracted. The plt forgot to turn off the pilot light to the left burner. When the balloon descended on the gondola during the touchdown sequence. The operating pilot light ignited residual fuel in the fuel line. The fire spread & the acft was destroyed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2948G
- Reported as
- Cameron 0-77
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- 5054
- Airframe hours
- 134
- Engine
- Unknown UNKNOWN, unknown
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Terri Prichard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 1, 1986 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- San Francisco, CA
- Destination
- Oakland, CA
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 150 total · 38 in this make and model · 81 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.