Balloon bounced on landing. Crew member was hanging on. Injured when released hold.

Attributes
ACN	149057
Time
Date	199006
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : elk
State Reference	OK
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 5
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 17 flight time total : 500 flight time type : 17
ASRS Report	149057
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Ambiguous
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Launched balloon. Flew 30 mins and landed in large clear area behind baptist church. Picked up passenger. Flew additional 20 mins. No wind landing in large field in housing area. Crew member took hold of handle to keep balloon from bouncing back up. However, it did bounce back up with her holding on. She turned loose at 3 or 4' off the ground and sprained her ankle and cracked her heel. We took her to the emergency room, the splinted her ankle and sent her home.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BALLOON BOUNCED ON LNDG. CREW MEMBER WAS HANGING ON. INJURED WHEN RELEASED HOLD.

Narrative: LAUNCHED BALLOON. FLEW 30 MINS AND LANDED IN LARGE CLR AREA BEHIND BAPTIST CHURCH. PICKED UP PAX. FLEW ADDITIONAL 20 MINS. NO WIND LNDG IN LARGE FIELD IN HOUSING AREA. CREW MEMBER TOOK HOLD OF HANDLE TO KEEP BALLOON FROM BOUNCING BACK UP. HOWEVER, IT DID BOUNCE BACK UP WITH HER HOLDING ON. SHE TURNED LOOSE AT 3 OR 4' OFF THE GND AND SPRAINED HER ANKLE AND CRACKED HER HEEL. WE TOOK HER TO THE EMER ROOM, THE SPLINTED HER ANKLE AND SENT HER HOME.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.