OpenAirDocs.org

20000524012349A

Accident · No damage
Open the Markdown

FAA accident report · Camron V-90 · May 24, 2000

FAA Aviation Safety Information PortalNTSB investigation search

Date
May 24, 2000 · 19:50 local
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N6012C
Reported as
Camron V90
Fatal injuries
0
N6012CRegistration cancelled Oct 29, 2013 · Cameron Balloons US V-90S/N 5983 · Built 1994Airframe modelCameron Balloons US V-90Engine modelNONENone

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)Pilot received four weather briefs between 11:53AM and 6:20PM te day of the flight. Winds were forecast by ftw fss to be acceptable for the flight to be conducted. Departure was made from a local park in plano, Texas with a wnw flight path. GPS indicated 12 KTS ground speed through the flight. Pilot provided adequate safety/landing briefings. Pilot positioned passengers so as to provide maximum protection of the older of the passengers. Pilot prepared for a high wind landing. Upon touchdown basket began to drag. The impact of the basket against the ground caused the older passenger to lose her grip, falling onto the younger passenger. This resulted in the oder passenger being ejected from the basket which began a domino effect, where the second passenger fell against the pilot, the pilot tried to grab older passenger as she left the basket. With weight loss of 1 passenger aircraft became airbrone with both passengers ejected from the basket and pilot hanging onto the "redline" from outside the basket. Balloon rose approx 20" into the air, with the pilot hanging onto the "redline" from outside the basket. Pilot reported that when the basket became airborne after la nding the basket traveled over the older of the passengers possibly causing her minor injuries. Numerous crewmembers observed the landing stating it was a normal landing for the winds. A frisco, Texas policeman witnessed the event and dispatched EMS to the scene. Injured passenger was stabilized and transported. She was later released with 3 slightly cracked ribs, bruises, but no other injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)PILOT RECEIVED FOUR WEATHER BRIEFS BETWEEN 11:53AM AND 6:20PM TE DAY OF THE FLIGHT. WINDS WERE FORECAST BY FTW FSS TO BE ACCEPTABLE FOR THE FLIGHT TO BE CONDUCTED. DEPARTURE WAS MADE FROM A LOCAL PARK IN PLANO, TEXAS WITH A WNW FLIGHT PATH. GPS INDICATED 12 KTS GROUND SPEED THROUGH THE FLIGHT. PILOT PROVIDED ADEQUATE SAFETY/LANDING BRIEFINGS. PILOT POSITIONED PASSENGERS SO AS TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM PROTECTION OF THE OLDER OF THE PASSENGERS. PILOT PREPARED FOR A HIGH WIND LANDING. UPON TOUCHDOWN BASKET BEGAN TO DRAG. THE IMPACT OF THE BASKET AGAINST THE GROUND CAUSED THE OLDER PASSENGER TO LOSE HER GRIP, FALLING ONTO THE YOUNGER PASSENGER. THIS RESULTED IN THE ODER PASSENGER BEING EJECTED FROM THE BASKET WHICH BEGAN A DOMINO EFFECT, WHERE THE SECOND PASSENGER FELL AGAINST THE PILOT, THE PILOT TRIED TO GRAB OLDER PASSENGER AS SHE LEFT THE BASKET. WITH WEIGHT LOSS OF 1 PASSENGER AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBRONE WITH BOTH PASSENGERS EJECTED FROM THE BASKET AND PILOT HANGING ONTO THE "REDLINE" FROM OUTSIDE THE BASKET. BALLOON ROSE APPROX 20" INTO THE AIR, WITH THE PILOT HANGING ONTO THE "REDLINE" FROM OUTSIDE THE BASKET. PILOT REPORTED THAT WHEN THE BASKET BECAME AIRBORNE AFTER LA NDING THE BASKET TRAVELED OVER THE OLDER OF THE PASSENGERS POSSIBLY CAUSING HER MINOR INJURIES. NUMEROUS CREWMEMBERS OBSERVED THE LANDING STATING IT WAS A NORMAL LANDING FOR THE WINDS. A FRISCO, TEXAS POLICEMAN WITNESSED THE EVENT AND DISPATCHED EMS TO THE SCENE. INJURED PASSENGER WAS STABILIZED AND TRANSPORTED. SHE WAS LATER RELEASED WITH 3 SLIGHTLY CRACKED RIBS, BRUISES, BUT NO OTHER INJURIES.