# Incident 20120416007469I: Ultramagic Sa N-425, Clermont, FL, April 16, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2012, 08:15 local time
- Place: Clermont, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5506° N, 81.7692° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5506&lon=-81.7692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N990BR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N990BR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ultramagic N-425 (registry code 9130017, https://openairdocs.org/model/ultramagic-n-425) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ULTRAMAGIC SA N-425
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 25
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 50 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA328](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA328) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120416007469I

## Narrative

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

BALLOON LAND AT ARNOLD'S TREE RANCH, IN CLERMONT, IN A DEAD TREE FIELD AT APROX. 4 MPH. ON SECOND BOUNCE, A SMALL GIRL CRIED OUT AS HER MOTHER FELL ON HER. THE MOTHER WAS NOT HOLDING ON TO SUFFICIENTY STEADY HERSELF. THE GIRLS FATHER WAS A PARAMEDIC AND STATED THAT THE GIRLS WRIST WAS BROKEN. AS SOON AS THE BALLOON WAS SECURED THE GIRL WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE SAND LAKE HOSPITAL AND RECEIVED TREATMENT FOR THE BROKEN WRIST. 23 OTHER PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.

## 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 ERA12CA328](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA328), Apr 16, 2012: Ultramagic N425 (N990BR), Clermont, FL, no damage. Probable cause: The balloon passenger's failure to maintain her grip during landing, which resulted in a fall and injury to another passenger.

## Other reports on N990BR (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20160506003699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160506003699I), May 6, 2016: Ultramagic Sa N-425 (N990BR), Davenport, FL, No damage. Pilot operating hot air balloon with (19) passengers was about one mile from landing area but the winds were picking up and the wind shears were getting…

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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