# Accident 20000524012349A: Camron V90, May 24, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2000, 19:50 local time
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N6012C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6012C-2013-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cameron Balloons US V-90 (registry code 1880284, https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-v-90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CAMRON V90
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000524012349A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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