# Accident 20040806023429A: Head AX888HEAD, Baton Rouge, LA, August 6, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2004, 19:30 local time
- Place: Baton Rouge, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4507° N, 91.1546° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baton Rouge, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4507&lon=-91.1546&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83063, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83063) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Head Balloons AX8-88 (registry code 4280200, https://openairdocs.org/model/head-balloons-ax8-88) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HEAD AX888HEAD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 600 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040806023429A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT MADE A HIGH WIND LANDING WITH TWO CREWMEMBERS ON BOARD. ONE CREW MEMBER WAS EJECTED WHEN THE BASKET STRUCK A CULVERT DURING LANDING. THE LOSS OF WEIGHT CAUSED THE BALLOON TO ASCEND TO ABOUT 100 FEET. THE PILOT GAINED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. THE SECOND CREWMEMBER WAS INJURED WHEN THE BASKET INITIALLY STRUCK THE CULVERT. THE EXTENT OF INJURIES IS UNKNOWN, THE SECOND CREWMEMBER WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

## 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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