ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 179516
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| Date: | Friday 6 April 2012 |
| Time: | 08:35 LT |
| Type: |  Cameron Z-350 |
| Owner/operator: | Ballooning Network Ltd |
| Registration: | G-CCSA |
| MSN: | 10490 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 16 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 8nm south of Bath, Somerset -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Saltford, Bath, Somerset |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 6/4/2012 when crashed 8 nautical miles south of Bath, Somerset. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The balloon was launched from a site at Bath, with the pilot and 15 passengers on board. After about a one hour flight, the pilot descended the balloon towards a field for landing. The weather conditions were cold but fine, with a surface wind from 030 degrees (M) at 4 knots, although the pilot thought that the conditions were becoming thermic, creating some slight gusts.
On final approach, the wind changed direction just before touchdown and the balloon made contact with a tree, causing two fabric panels to be ripped. One of the passengers complained of some back pain after landing and was taken to hospital as a precaution but reportedly later discharged with only some bruising. No other injuries were reported.
Damage sustained: Two panels of balloon’s envelope ripped. Despite the apparent minor nature of the damage sustained, the balloon appears not to have been repaired, and the registration G-CCSA was cancelled by the CAA on 30/4/2012 (just over three weeks later) as "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422fcc5e5274a1314000885/Cameron_Z-350_balloon_G-CCSA_08-12.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/
3. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1250998
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Sep-2015 09:31 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 24-Dec-2016 00:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
| 24-Dec-2016 00:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 24-Mar-2022 07:24 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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