ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 134235
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| Date: | Friday 17 August 2001 |
| Time: | 19:20 |
| Type: |  Cameron 90SS |
| Owner/operator: | Ballunar Liftoff Festival Inc. |
| Registration: | N8094S |
| MSN: | 4822 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 15 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Centralia, IL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Centralia, IL |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
This 90SS Space Shuttle imitation balloon was destroyed during an approach to a landing. During an approach to landing, the pilot looked up and noticed that the balloon's pressure cone and mouth were on fire and sustaining a flame. Samples of fabric from the accident balloon underwent burn testing and in each test the sample was completely consumed by fire. Federal Aviation Administration certification regulations do not prescribe flammability requirements for fabric used in manned balloons.
Probable Cause: The balloon envelope fire. A contributing factor was the flammability of the envelope.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20010823X01759&key=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 10-Dec-2017 12:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2022 07:39 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 24-Mar-2022 08:10 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
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