ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 187204
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| Date: | Saturday 13 March 1993 |
| Time: | 13:10 |
| Type: |  Cameron N-90 |
| Owner/operator: | Fort Vale Engineering Ltd |
| Registration: | G-TEDF |
| MSN: | 2634 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Stainton Vale, near Middlesborough, Cleveland -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Great Wood, near Knaresborough, North Yorkshire |
| Bishop Street, Newport, Middlesborough | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Hot Air Balloon G-TEDF, a Cameron N-90 owned by Fort Vale Engineering of Nelson, Lancashire, came to grief on Saturday 13th March 1993. Attempting to land in a field at Stainton Vale, Middlesborough, it tipped its crew of three out of the basket, and then took off again, unmanned, finally coming to earth again among houses in Bishop Street, Newport, Middlesborough. One of the three crew sustained serious injuries, the other two sustained minor injuries.
According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"After firm touch down, basket began to drag immediately. The dragging became erratic and violent so that the 2 passengers were thrown out of basket. When the basket was going up again the third passenger was thrown out. Surface wind higher than forecast of 10-12 knots".
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "twelve panels in the balloon envelope damaged, requiring replacement. Minor abrasive damage to basket. Minor damage to a private residence in Bishop Street, Newport, Middlesborough, involving roof tiles, a fence, and telephone lines".
Not known if ever repaired or flew again: however, the registration G-TEDF was finally cancelled eighteen years later, on 8-4-2011 by the CAA as "Permanently withdrawn from use"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422f08be5274a1314000301/Cameron_N-90_Hot_Air_Balloon__G-TEDF_05-93.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=TEDF
3. http://www.dtvmovements.co.uk/Archivesmonths/1993/1993-Feb.pdf
4. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/33/Paper2006_06RFS.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-May-2016 21:37 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 24-Mar-2022 07:22 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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