ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 273166
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| Date: | Saturday 11 November 2000 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Flamboyant Balloon AX 8-85 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-HOK |
| MSN: | 008 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lange Street opposite ABSA Bank (Brooklyn - PTA) -
 South Africa
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| Departure airport: | Primary School Anton van Wouw (Brooklyn Pretoria) |
| No intention of flight (Tether) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The balloon was attached to three tether lines on the schools rugby field. During the third lift (tether) at a height of approximately 15-20 feet above the ground an unexpected strong gust/thermal from the west caused one of the tether lines to snap/fail. The balloon was at s?20 feet agl moving in an easterly direction. The pilot was unable to gain sufficient height to clear the roof of a nearby office building, causing the basket to collide with the roof. The basket/balloon then landed in Lange Street in-front of ABSA Bank (Brooklyn ' Branch) causing some damage to a section of the fence. The four occupants remained in the basket until it crash-landed, with one of the passengers sustaining a cut to his left hand and arm. PROBABLE CAUSE:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 September 1980 | HB-BEX | private | 3 | Flims, GR |  |
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