# Accident 20100515034259A: Aerostar In RAVEN S57-A, Hilliard, OH, May 15, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2010, 19:50 local time
- Place: Hilliard, OH
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9869° N, 83.2069° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9869&lon=-83.2069&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9002Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9002Z-2011-08-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerostar International RAVEN S57-A (registry code 7485057, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-international-raven-s57-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSTAR IN RAVEN S57-A
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 772 total, 771 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA257) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100515034259A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 15, 2010, TIMMY F. HAMPTON, CERTIFICATE NUMBER 2808053, WAS THE PILOT OF THE BALLOON, N9002Z.  HE STATED THAT HE MET WITH THE PASSENGERS AT 1815 LOCAL TIME.  THE PASSENGERS WERE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  THE LAUNCH WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO DEPART FROM NEAR POWELL, OHIO.  THE PILOT DECIDED TO SWITCH THE LAUNCH LOCATION TO DUBLIN, OHIO DUE TO WIND DIRECTION.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE RECEIVED WEATHER BRIEFINGS FROM FLIGHT SERVICE AND HIS HANDHELD WIND METER.THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS STATED THAT A PASSENGER SAFETY BRIEFING WAS COMPLETED PRIOR TO FLIGHT.  THE BALLOON WAS LAUNCHED AT ABOUT 1900 LOCAL TIME.  THE FLIGHT LASTED ABOUT 50 MINUTES.  ABOUT TEN MINUTES PRIOR TO LANDING, THE PASSENGERS AND PILOT STATED THAT ANOTHER SAFETY BRIEFING WAS COMPLETED.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS STANDING IN THE BACK OF THE BALLOON AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TOWARD THE FRONT.  JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, THE PILOT STATES THAT HIS GPS WAS READING 7.5 MPH.  THE BALLOON BOUNCED ON LANDING AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FELL ONTO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND SAID THAT SHE HAD HURT HER ARM.  THE BALLOON BOUNCED A FEW MORE TIMES AND THE BASKET TIPPED ON ITS SIDE.   A NEIGHBOR ASSISTED IN STOPPING THE BALLOON.  THE CREW FOR THE BALLOON ARRIVED AT THE LANDING SPOT AFTER THE LANDING HAD BEEN COMPLETED.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND THE PILOT WERE NOT INJURED DURING THE LANDING AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE BALLOON.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HER ARM HURT AND IT MIGHT BE BROKEN.  SHE SAID SHE DID NOT NEED AN AMBULANCE.  THE PILOT CHECKED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ARM INJURY AND DROVE HER TO THE HOSPITAL.  SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MULTIPLE FRACTURES OF THE RIGHT ARM.

## 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 CEN10CA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA257), May 15, 2010: Aerostar International S57A (N9002Z), Hilliard, OH, no damage. Probable cause: The passenger’s inadequate brace for the balloon landing, resulting in injury.

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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