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A hot air balloon pilot, distraction by a following balloon, impacted the ground too hard, causing passenger injury.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 585476 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200306 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| State Reference | OH |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Balloon |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Balloon |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 2.15 flight time total : 379.50 flight time type : 2.15 |
| ASRS Report | 585476 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | observation : passenger |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
I was descending on target X, when balloon behind me hit a dead tree and distraction the passenger and me (the pilot). I was in a descent and had to land. Upon landing, passenger had injury to left ankle after slipping on floor of basket. After trip to hospital, it was determined that the ankle was broken. Surgery has been scheduled.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A HOT AIR BALLOON PLT, DISTR BY A FOLLOWING BALLOON, IMPACTED THE GND TOO HARD, CAUSING PAX INJURY.
Narrative: I WAS DSNDING ON TARGET X, WHEN BALLOON BEHIND ME HIT A DEAD TREE AND DISTR THE PAX AND ME (THE PLT). I WAS IN A DSCNT AND HAD TO LAND. UPON LNDG, PAX HAD INJURY TO L ANKLE AFTER SLIPPING ON FLOOR OF BASKET. AFTER TRIP TO HOSPITAL, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ANKLE WAS BROKEN. SURGERY HAS BEEN SCHEDULED.
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.