What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On October 22, 2016, about 1240 eastern standard time, N9015Y, an RX8-3293 Aerostar International Inc balloon landed in a field ending a sightseeing flight. During the landing the balloon bounced and then made a full landing where the basket tipped on its side and was drug across the ground until it came to a stop. When the basket tipped over the passengers were pushed to one side of the basket and the passenger on the bottom against the basket sustained a fractured wrist and a fracture to her #6 vertebrae. The other passengers had landed on top of her.
This flight was associated with the carolina balloon fest.
As the FAA filed it
ON OCTOBER 22, 2016, ABOUT 1240 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, N9015Y, AN RX8-3293 AEROSTAR INTERNATIONAL INC BALLOON LANDED IN A FIELD ENDING A SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT. DURING THE LANDING THE BALLOON BOUNCED AND THEN MADE A FULL LANDING WHERE THE BASKET TIPPED ON ITS SIDE AND WAS DRUG ACROSS THE GROUND UNTIL IT CAME TO A STOP. WHEN THE BASKET TIPPED OVER THE PASSENGERS WERE PUSHED TO ONE SIDE OF THE BASKET AND THE PASSENGER ON THE BOTTOM AGAINST THE BASKET SUSTAINED A FRACTURED WRIST AND A FRACTURE TO HER #6 VERTEBRAE. THE OTHER PASSENGERS HAD LANDED ON TOP OF HER.
THIS FLIGHT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CAROLINA BALLOON FEST.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.