Passenger injured slightly in hot air balloon hard landing.

Attributes
ACN	240104
Time
Date	199304
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : o58
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 29 flight time total : 2100
ASRS Report	240104
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	observation : passenger
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter other other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Low level wind shear. Increase in wind speed upon landing at approximately 50 ft AGL. Increased ground speed from 8 KTS to 12 KTS just prior to landing. At 8 ft off of ground insufficient recovery altitude resulted in premature contact with ground. Passenger received ankle injury due to foot being 'locked' in natural (designed) depression in floor. Poor design.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PAX INJURED SLIGHTLY IN HOT AIR BALLOON HARD LNDG.

Narrative: LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR. INCREASE IN WIND SPD UPON LNDG AT APPROX 50 FT AGL. INCREASED GND SPD FROM 8 KTS TO 12 KTS JUST PRIOR TO LNDG. AT 8 FT OFF OF GND INSUFFICIENT RECOVERY ALT RESULTED IN PREMATURE CONTACT WITH GND. PAX RECEIVED ANKLE INJURY DUE TO FOOT BEING 'LOCKED' IN NATURAL (DESIGNED) DEPRESSION IN FLOOR. POOR DESIGN.

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.