# Incident 20100607034649I: Aerostar In RX 8, Bend, OR, June 7, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2010, 08:15 local time
- Place: Bend, OR
- Airport: Bend
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0946° N, 121.2002° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEND MUNI (BDN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0946&lon=-121.2002&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9097S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9097S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerostar International RX 8 (registry code 7487008, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-international-rx-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSTAR IN RX 8
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 295 total, 290 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100607034649I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED CARRYING PASSENGER DURING BALLOON FESTIVAL FOR PLEASURE FLIGHT WITHOUT COMPENSATION, AND WINDS BEGAN TO INCREASE TO 6-8 MPH.  LANDING INITIATED AND BASKET TIPPED SIDEWAYS ON LANDING IMPACT.  PASSENGER DID NOT HOLD ON TO BASKET AS INSTRUCTED AND WAS THROWN OUT, CAUSING BALLOON TO LIFT SUDDENLY.  TETHER ROPE CAUGHT UP ON PASSENGER CAUSING MINOR INJURY BEFORE CLEARING ROPE.  PASSENGER TREATED AT EMERGENCY ROOM FOR MINOR INJURIES TO WRIST AND BACK AND WAS RELEASED.  NO FUTHER INJURIES REPORTED TWO WEEKS LATER.

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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