ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 356016
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| Date: | Sunday 13 April 1997 |
| Time: | 18:53 LT |
| Type: |  Head Balloons, Inc. AX8-88 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N380P |
| MSN: | 207 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | San Diego, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Spring Valley, CA |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot of the hot air balloon intentionally induced a high sink rate to avoid power lines with insufficient altitude remaining to return to a nominal sink rate prior to impact with the ground. All occupants were ejected from the basket, and the balloon then drifted away until it was brought to rest by contact with some nearby power lines.
Probable Cause: The pilot's decision to increase sink rate to avoid flying into an obstacle with insufficient altitude remaining to reduce the sink rate prior to impact with the ground.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX97LA159
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Mar-2024 18:11 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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