A HOT AIR BALLOON PLT'S ENVELOPE DRAPED OVER A PWR LINE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES; PROPERTY DAMAGE; OR BALLOON DAMAGE. WX FACTORS DOWN FALLING AIR THAT FORCED PLT INTO THE GND BEFORE HE WAS READY. PICCARD SKYSAILER 90.

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LNDG ON EMPTY LOT; PLT MISJUDGED SPD AND RATE OF DSCNT. LANDED SHORT OF PWR LINE AHEAD OF EMPTY LOT AND BALLOON ENVELOPE DRAPED OVER WIRES. REMOVED BY PWR COMPANY. NO DAMAGE TO BALLOON; WIRES OR OTHER PROPERTY. NO INJURIES TO PERSONNEL. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR WAS FLYING A PICCARD SKYSAILER OF 90000 CUBIC FT VOLUME. ANOTHER PLT WAS WITH HIM WHO HAD BEEN FLYING THE BALLOON; BUT GAVE IT OVER TO THE RPTR FOR LNDG. THE BALLOON WAS FLYING ON THE W SIDE OF THE RIO GRANDE; NEAR THE RIVER WHERE THERE IS COLD AIR THAT DROPS TO THE SURFACE. THE RPTR FOUND A LOT FOR LNDG AND WAS FORCED INTO IT BY THE FALLING AIR. THE BALLOON ENVELOPE WAS SLIGHTLY DRAPED ON A PWR LINE; NOT OVER IT; AFTER THE DEFLATION PANEL WAS OPERATED. THE CREW OF TWO JUMPED WELL CLR OF THE BASKET. THERE WAS NO ARCING. A GENTLE TUG BY THE PWR COMPANY GOT THE ENVELOPE OFF OF THE WIRES WITH NO DAMAGE. THE RPTR WAS TAKING PROZAC AS PRESCRIBED BY HIS DOCTOR. AS HE DOES NOT HAVE TO TAKE AN FAA PHYSICAL; HE DOES NOT KNOW IF THIS DRUG IS NOT ALLOWED FOR USE BY FLC MEMBERS. HE WILL SEARCH THIS OUT. THE RPTR HAS HEARD NOTHING FROM THE FAA ON THIS.