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Balloon pilot on biennial flight review makes hard landing and rolls out of the basket. The instructor is carried aloft again but lands uneventfully. Pilot injured.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 378047 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199708 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : 8va7 |
| State Reference | VA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 50 |
| 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 : 298 flight time type : 298 |
| ASRS Report | 378047 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | instruction : instructor |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 15 flight time total : 170 flight time type : 15 |
| ASRS Report | 377277 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
I landed my balloon hard on downward slope of hill, which caused me to be thrown forward onto the skirt of balloon envelope. Without my weight in basket, the balloon lifted up around me and catching my left arm in balloon cables. I remained on the ground with my left elbow dislocated. The other pilot doing biennial flight with me landed the balloon on the upward slope across the road. No damage to balloon or property. I usually land on upward slope not on downward slope, so I didn't think I would go forward that far on hard landing. I should as PIC keep first choice of landing spots -- upward slope. Supplemental information from acn 377277: she was already in a 200 FPM descent and she probably did not realize it. She then decided to pull vent to land and we landed too hard. The pilot rolled out of the basket and the balloon ascended with me in it. No damage to any person, property, or aircraft except the PIC, she suffered a dislocated elbow. Cause: depth perception in landing process.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BALLOON PLT ON BIENNIAL FLT REVIEW MAKES HARD LNDG AND ROLLS OUT OF THE BASKET. THE INSTRUCTOR IS CARRIED ALOFT AGAIN BUT LANDS UNEVENTFULLY. PLT INJURED.
Narrative: I LANDED MY BALLOON HARD ON DOWNWARD SLOPE OF HILL, WHICH CAUSED ME TO BE THROWN FORWARD ONTO THE SKIRT OF BALLOON ENVELOPE. WITHOUT MY WT IN BASKET, THE BALLOON LIFTED UP AROUND ME AND CATCHING MY L ARM IN BALLOON CABLES. I REMAINED ON THE GND WITH MY L ELBOW DISLOCATED. THE OTHER PLT DOING BIENNIAL FLT WITH ME LANDED THE BALLOON ON THE UPWARD SLOPE ACROSS THE ROAD. NO DAMAGE TO BALLOON OR PROPERTY. I USUALLY LAND ON UPWARD SLOPE NOT ON DOWNWARD SLOPE, SO I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD GO FORWARD THAT FAR ON HARD LNDG. I SHOULD AS PIC KEEP FIRST CHOICE OF LNDG SPOTS -- UPWARD SLOPE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 377277: SHE WAS ALREADY IN A 200 FPM DSCNT AND SHE PROBABLY DID NOT REALIZE IT. SHE THEN DECIDED TO PULL VENT TO LAND AND WE LANDED TOO HARD. THE PLT ROLLED OUT OF THE BASKET AND THE BALLOON ASCENDED WITH ME IN IT. NO DAMAGE TO ANY PERSON, PROPERTY, OR ACFT EXCEPT THE PIC, SHE SUFFERED A DISLOCATED ELBOW. CAUSE: DEPTH PERCEPTION IN LNDG PROCESS.
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.