ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 357228
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| Date: | Sunday 16 June 1996 |
| Time: | 07:15 LT |
| Type: |  Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N71233 |
| MSN: | F8B-148 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 250 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Wilsonville, OR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Having aborted the first attempt to land, the pilot was maneuvering the balloon for a landing in a second field. He maneuvered to pass over high tension (power line) wires, but did not see the static wire. The balloon subsequently impacted the static wire, which broke and began arcing after contact with the high voltage wires beneath. A fire erupted on the balloon's envelope, but the pilot was able to land without igniting the propane tanks. A high, thin, gray overcast existed at the time, which made visual acquisition of the single static wire difficult.
Probable Cause: failure of the pilot to maintain clearance from the static wire, which became shorted to a transmission wire and subsequently caused a fire to erupt on the balloon's envelope. Factors relating to the accident were: the obstructions (power line wires), and the pilot's reduced ability to visually detect the static wire, due to the gray sky condition in the background.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA96LA122
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Mar-2024 15:35 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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