- Date
- July 5, 1991, 07:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place
- Provo, UT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5353AGalaxy GLX-7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910705039449I
- Case key
- 41347
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot's diverted attention. Facotrs include on ground contact with a fence.
Analysis
The pilot of the galaxy GLX07 hot air balloon impacted a fence after he made a precautionary landing in an open field. The pilot had been temporarily distracted by the need to resecure the deflation line to the balloon structure, and when he looked up he saw power lines that he was unsure that he would clear. He therefore chose to execute the prescautionary landing.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5353A
- Reported as
- Galaxy GLX-7
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- 06
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Chemello, Dominic J.
- Registered owner
- Chemello, Dominic J.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 50 in this make and model · 6,800 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.