# Incident 20130615011669I: Arbc Inc DBA Lindstrand 260A, Galena, IL, June 15, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2013, 18:30 local time
- Place: Galena, IL
- Airport: Open Field In Galena
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4221° N, 90.4278° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Galena, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4221&lon=-90.4278&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3009Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3009Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Arbc Inc DBA Lindstrand 260A (registry code 5190013, https://openairdocs.org/model/arbc-inc-dba-lindstrand-260a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ARBC INC DBA LINDSTRAND 260A
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 16
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 16
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 2,400 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130615011669I

## Narrative

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

BALLOON ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN OPEN FIELD.  PILOT STATED HE LANDED ON AN UP-SLOPING HILL, WHICH CAUSED THE BASKET TO TIP ON ITS SIDE UPON IMPACT.  BALLOON ENVELOPE RECOILED, WHICH CAUSED THE BASKET TO BECOME AIRBORNE AGAIN.  FIRST AND SECOND IMPACT WITH GROUND WAS HARD.

BASKET WAS THEN DRUG ACROSS THE FIELD BY THE ENVELOPE UNTIL THE BASKET HIT A BARBED-WIRE FENCE AND CAME TO REST ON ITS SIDE.  PILOT EJECTED FROM BASKET AT SOME POINT.

PILOT AND ALL PASSENGERS INCURRED MINOR INJURIES THAT RANGED FROM CUTS/ABRASION, CHIPPED TEETH, STIFF NECKS AND BACKS, AND TWO PASSENGERS POSSIBLY RECEIVED CONCUSSIONS AS A RESULT OF THE HARD LANDING/S. PIC STATES THOSE PASSENGERS RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION AND WERE TOLD THEY DID NOT INCUR SUCH AN INJURY AS A CONCUSSION.

NO PERSONS OR PROPERTY WHERE INJURED OR DAMAGED ON THE GROUND.  NO POST CRASH/LANDING FIRE ENSUED.

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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