What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On aug. 3, 2014, N4961D, a Balony Kubicek Spol Sro lighter than air balloon, made a hard landing into a church soccer field due to the retrieval team parking their vehicle in the path of the landing balloon. This caused the pilot, of the balloon, to land short and abruptly in order to avoid contacting the back end of the balloon trailer with the gondola. Because of the hard landing two female passengers were injured and transported to the hospital by ambulance.
As the FAA filed it
ON AUG. 3, 2014, N4961D, A BALONY KUBICEK SPOL SRO LIGHTER THAN AIR BALLOON, MADE A HARD LANDING INTO A CHURCH SOCCER FIELD DUE TO THE RETRIEVAL TEAM PARKING THEIR VEHICLE IN THE PATH OF THE LANDING BALLOON. THIS CAUSED THE PILOT, OF THE BALLOON, TO LAND SHORT AND ABRUPTLY IN ORDER TO AVOID CONTACTING THE BACK END OF THE BALLOON TRAILER WITH THE GONDOLA. BECAUSE OF THE HARD LANDING TWO FEMALE PASSENGERS WERE INJURED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE.
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