- Date
- September 19, 2026, 08:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Angwin, CA · wooded area - Oak trees
- Injuries
- 6 minor, 15 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N65573Cameron Balloons US A-400
- Defining event
- Landing: Collision during takeoff/land
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20260919013269A
- Case key
- 203855
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65573
- Reported as
- Cameron Balloons US A-400
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- 6711
- Built
- 2013
- Airframe hours
- 1,156.5
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Napa Valley Ballons INC, doing business as Commercial Ride Operation
- Registered owner
- Napa Valley Ballons INC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Balloon
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 2025
- Departed
- Yountville, CA
- Airport
- 2O3 · Angwin-Parrett Fld
N65573Registered now · Cameron Balloons US A-400Airframe modelCameron Balloons US A-400Engine modelNONE
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.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 0.25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Observed at
- KSTS, 17 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KSTS 191553Z 14003KT 1/4SM FG VV002 12/11 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP164 T01170111
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.