What happened
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On 04/20/2021 at approximately 0830 MDT, N3016R a commercially operated balloon, landed in a field near Pagosa Springs, CO. The balloon had one pilot and ten passengers. The pilot stated that immediately after landing an eleven year old passenger complained of a sore wrist. The passenger was taken to an urgent care and diagnosed with a ?clean x-ray? And a ?severe wrist sprain.? No other passengers were injured, and there was no damage to the balloon.
On 05/04/2021 the pilot was contacted by the passengers mother to report her daughter had returned to the urgent care for another x-ray which now showed a fracture of the wrist, and they casted her daughters arm.
On 05/05/2021 at 1002 MDT, the pilot of N3016R contacted the FAA regional operations center to report the injury to his passenger.
As the FAA filed it
ON 04/20/2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 0830 MDT, N3016R A COMMERCIALLY OPERATED BALLOON, LANDED IN A FIELD NEAR PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO. THE BALLOON HAD ONE PILOT AND TEN PASSENGERS. THE PILOT STATED THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER LANDING AN ELEVEN YEAR OLD PASSENGER COMPLAINED OF A SORE WRIST. THE PASSENGER WAS TAKEN TO AN URGENT CARE AND DIAGNOSED WITH A ?CLEAN X-RAY? AND A ?SEVERE WRIST SPRAIN.? NO OTHER PASSENGERS WERE INJURED, AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE BALLOON.
ON 05/04/2021 THE PILOT WAS CONTACTED BY THE PASSENGERS MOTHER TO REPORT HER DAUGHTER HAD RETURNED TO THE URGENT CARE FOR ANOTHER X-RAY WHICH NOW SHOWED A FRACTURE OF THE WRIST, AND THEY CASTED HER DAUGHTERS ARM.
ON 05/05/2021 AT 1002 MDT, THE PILOT OF N3016R CONTACTED THE FAA REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER TO REPORT THE INJURY TO HIS PASSENGER.
NTSB investigation
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