# Incident 20110730016789I: Aerostar International Inc RX 8, Juneau, WI, July 30, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2011, 18:30 local time
- Place: Juneau, WI
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4029° N, 88.7033° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Juneau, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4029&lon=-88.7033&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50667, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50667-2018-03-14) (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 INTERNATIONAL INC RX 8
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 4
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 70 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/20110730016789I

## Narrative

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

TETHERED BALLOON RIDES FOR CHARITY EVENT.  RIDES CONDUCTED FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTESAFTER APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES OF OPERATION, WIND GUSTS PICKED UP TO APPROXIMATELY 24 KNOTS.DURING WIND GUSTS, LINE TIED TO TRUCK SNAPED WHILE CONDUCTING A PASSENGER RIDE.TWO OTHER LINES TIED TO TREES HELD BASKET  WHILE BALLOON STARTED A SEVERE ROCKING MOTION AT WHICH TIME THE PASSENGER AND PILOT JUMPED FROM BASKET GROUND CREW ATTEMPTED TO STABALIZE BASKET FROM SWINGING INTO CROWDTHREE PEOPLE IN CROWD WHERE INJURED

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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