# Accident 20150110000489A: Arbc Inc DBA Lindstrand 120A, Peru, IN, January 10, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2015, 16:00 local time
- Place: Peru, IN
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6439° N, 85.9033° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6439&lon=-85.9033&mi=10
- Aircraft: N316TB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N316TB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Arbc Inc DBA Lindstrand 120A (registry code 5190008, https://openairdocs.org/model/arbc-inc-dba-lindstrand-120a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ARBC INC DBA LINDSTRAND 120A
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 616 total, 187 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150110000489A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 10, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 1410 EASTERN STANDARD TIME,  A LINDSTRAND BALLOON,  N316TB, LANDED IN A FARM FIELD NEAR SOMERSET, IN, LATITUDE N40 38.638 LONGITUDE W085 54.205.  THIS OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ACCIDENT AT 1600 EASTERN STANDARD TIME ON JANUARY 14, 2015.

THE BALLOON LAID OVER ON LANDING IN A 13 KNOT WIND AND THE PILOT HELD ON TO THE CORD THAT OPENS THE PARACHUTE TOP TO DEFLATE THE BALLOON AND WAS EJECTED. THE PILOT IN COMMAND, THE ONLY OCCUPANT, RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR  PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.

THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE ASHTON OBSERVATORY IN JASPER COUNTY, IA AT 0740 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME.  THE FLIGHT WAS A TIME AND DISTANCE FLIGHT USED AS A FUNDRAISER FOR THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY.

THERE WERE NO WITNESSES.  THE SUPPORT (CHASE ) CREW DID NOT ARRIVE AT THE LANDING SITE PRIOR TO THE LANDING.

THE PILOT WAS CONSCIOUS AND MOBILE WHEN A LOCAL RESIDENT ARRIVED AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO A LOCAL MEDICAL FACILITY.  HE WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO A HOSPITAL IN FORT WAYNE, IN.

THE BALLOON WAS TRANSPORTED BACK TO IT?S HOME BASE IN IA.  IT WAS UNKNOWN TO THE CREW THAT THIS WOULD BE CONSIDERED AN ACCIDENT.

THE INSPECTION OF THE BALLOON FOR DAMAGE WAS PERFORMED BY INSPECTORS FROM THE DES MOINES FSDO.  NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND.   INSPECTORS FROM THE DES MOINES FSDO ALSO INTERVIEWED THE PILOT AND THE CREW CHIEF.

## 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 CEN15LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA103), Jan 10, 2015: Lindstrand Balloons USA 120A (N316TB), Peru, IN, no damage. Probable cause: The hard landing due to a higher-than-forecast surface wind, which resulted in a serious neck injury to the pilot.

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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