Accident to the balloon Kubicek BB17 registered OK-1138 and the balloon Schroeder Fire Balloons G 18/24 registered D-OSFS on 08/23/2017 at Brissac

Collision en vol entre deux ballons, atterrissage forcé, en compétition

Responsible entity

France - BEA

Investigation progression Closed

Progress: 100%

Description of the event is only available on the french version of this page.

Final report (FR) (2018/07/06)

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General information
Local date	23/08/2017
Responsible entity	France - BEA
State or area of occurrence	France - 49 Maine-et-Loire
Location	Brissac
Human consequences	Serious
Number of serious injuries	1
Number of minor injuries	1
Aircraft consequences	Substantial
Occurrence class	Accident
Occurence category	MAC: Airprox/ ACAS alert/ loss of separation/ (near) midair collisions
File number	BEA2017-0517

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Balloon
Operator	Turkey
Manufacturer / Model	KUBICEK - BB17
Aircraft Registration	OK-1138
State of registry	Czech Republic
Last departure point	France (Brissac)
Planned destination	France - Unknown
Flight phase	Manoeuvring
Serial number	1138
Operator Type AG	Private owner
Operation Type	Specialised Operations (Aerial Work) - Airshow/Race

Second aircraft involved
Aircraft category	Lighter than air - Balloon - Balloon - Hot air
Operator	Lithuania
Manufacturer / Model	Theo Schroeder Fire Balloons - G 18/24
Aircraft Registration	D-OSFS
State of registry	Germany
Last departure point	France
Planned destination
Flight phase	En route
Serial number	1652
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	General Aviation - Other - Airshow/race

BEA is the French air safety investigation authority for civil aviation. The sole objective of the investigation is to improve air safety. It is intended neither to apportion blame nor to assess responsiblity.