# Accident 20080503838259A: Camron C100, Peoria, AZ, May 3, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2008, 07:40 local time
- Place: Peoria, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7975° N, 112.1369° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7975&lon=-112.1369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6004K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6004K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cameron Balloons US C-100 (registry code 1880226, https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-c-100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CAMRON C100
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 509 total, 509 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA119) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080503838259A

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL DURING LANDING, DUE TO INCREASE IN AIRSPEED PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. THE BALLOON DRUG ITS BASKET FOR A LONG DISTANCE, AND INTO ROCKS, WHERE ONE OF THREE PASSENGER (ALL FAMILY MEMBERS) MANAGED TO GET HIS ARM BETWEEN THE GROUND AND THE BASKET. THIS PASSENGER SUFFERED CUTS, SCRAPES, A STRAINED ARM AND FRACTURED WRIST. THE OTHER TOW PASSENGERS RECEIVED MINOR BUMPS AND BRUISES. BALLOON DAMAGE WAS MINOR AND ISOLATED TO THE BASKET.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA08LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA119), May 3, 2008: Cameron Balloons C-100 (N6004K), Phoenix, AZ, minor damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate weather evaluation during the landing approach. Contributing to the accident were windshear and rocky terrain.

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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