Balloon
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50; Flight Crew Total 3500; Flight Crew Type 3500
Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Object; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence; Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action; General Flight Cancelled / Delayed
Weather; Human Factors
Making an approach to a field for landing; our hot air balloon; at rooftop height; the balloon caught a down draft. Heated the envelope to mitigate the down draft but just caught the edge of the roof lightly. Damaged 3 to 4 roof tiles; then landed safely in the designated field. Went back to talk to the house owner who was very understanding. we have arranged and paid for a roofing company to come out to repair.
Pilot reported wind gusts during landing forced the balloon into a building; damaging some roof tiles.