# Accident 20100901043419A: Head Balloo AX9 118, Hanover, NH, September 1, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2010, 19:25 local time
- Place: Hanover, NH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6261° N, 72.3042° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6261&lon=-72.3042&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2267U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2267U-2018-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Head Balloons AX9 118 (registry code 05637CC, https://openairdocs.org/model/head-balloons-ax9-118) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HEAD BALLOO AX9 118
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 953 total, 179 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA462](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA462) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100901043419A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ENCOUNTERED AN UPDRAFT DURING DESCENT AND FEARED HE WOULD HIT HIGH TENSION POWER LINES AT THE FAR EDGE OF HIS INTENDED LANDING FIELD.  HE ELECTED TO PUT DOWN IN A BACK YARD IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA.  ONE PASSENGER SUFFERED A FRACTURED WRIST AND FACIAL LACERATIONS DURING THE LANDING.

## 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 ERA10CA462](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA462), Sep 1, 2010: Head Balloons AX9 118 (N2267U), Hanover, NH, minor damage. Probable cause: The balloon's encounter with an updraft, resulting in an immediate landing and an intentional collision with a tree.

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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