Ultramagic S A N-250 — registry & accident history
Compiled from FAA & NTSB records · as of Jul 16, 2026
There are 31 Ultramagic S A N-250 airframes on record (built 2004–2023), 13 currently registered. 5 have one or more NTSB accident records (7 records total). Data as of Jul 16, 2026.
Recent Ultramagic S A N-250 accidents
The pilot's failure maintain clearance from power lines, which resulted in an explosion and preimpact fire.
The balloon tipping over during deflation, which resulted in a passenger injury.
The pilot's failure to ensure that the passengers remained secure in the basket during deflation after landing, which resulted in a passenger falling out of the basket and sustaining a serious injury when a wind gust caught the envelope and tipped the basket on its side.
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the balloon when the wind unexpectedly increased which resulted in a collision with trees during the landing.
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while landing in downdraft and gusting wind conditions which resulted in striking trees and a subsequent hard landing.
The balloon's encounter with unforecast strong gusting wind, which resulted in a high-wind landing. Contributing to the accident was the National Weather Service's misjudgment of the timing and underestimation of the magnitude of the frontal boundary moving across the region.
The passenger's failure to hear and follow the pilot's instructions to get down in the bottom of the balloon basket before the high wind landing. A contributing factor was the high wind condition.