113 / 168
PAGE
111
Occurrence Categories
General Aviation Balloon
In order to assist in the identification of particular safety issues, one or multiple occurrence categories were as‑
signed to GA Balloon accidents involving EASA MS operators and this information is shown in Table 37. This was
done using the CICTT occurrence categories, which are listed in Appendix 1.
´
´
Table 37:
GA balloon occurrence categories – 5 year period vs 2014
Occurrence Category
Accidents and SIs
2009-2013 average
2014
ARC: Abnormal runway contact
5.2
9
CTOL: Collision with obstacle(s) during take‑off and landing
2.4
2
F‑NI: Fire/smoke (non‑impact)
0.2
1
LOC‑I: Loss of control - inflight
0.6
1
MAC: Airprox/ACAS alert/loss of separation/(near) midair collisions
0.4
1
SCF‑NP: System/component failure or malfunction [non‑powerplant]
0.4
1
UNK: Unknown or undetermined
0.2
1
OTHR: Other
1.8
0
WSTRW: Windshear or thunderstorm.
1.2
0
F‑POST: Fire/smoke (post‑impact)
0.8
0
CFIT: Controlled flight into or toward terrain
0.4
0
EVAC: Evacuation-
0.2
0
GCOL: Ground Collision
0.2
0
LALT: Low altitude operations
0.2
0
LOC‑G: Loss of control - ground
0.2
0