From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Balloon landed and passengers disembarked. Passengers held onto the basket to maintain negative bouncy. Two passengers bent down to grab manuvering handle and Balloon gain positive bouncy and left the ground. One passenger did not let go and fell from around 30 feet and broke his hip.
As the FAA filed it
BALLOON LANDED AND PASSENGERS DISEMBARKED. PASSENGERS HELD ONTO THE BASKET TO MAINTAIN NEGATIVE BOUNCY. TWO PASSENGERS BENT DOWN TO GRAB MANUVERING HANDLE AND BALLOON GAIN POSITIVE BOUNCY AND LEFT THE GROUND. ONE PASSENGER DID NOT LET GO AND FELL FROM AROUND 30 FEET AND BROKE HIS HIP.