What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Sight seeing balloon landed hard on bend of cheyenne river 3.75 miles NE of hsr airport. Pilot saw that wind on surface had increased and briefed passengers on landing procedures and an expected hard landing. Pilot and the 2 passengers braced for a hard landing,the balloon basket contacted the surface and the passenger basket was drug on side during landing 1 passenger fell on on top of the other on the landing breaking the lower passenger's right clavicle. Injury is considered serious by NTSB. This is classified as an accident.
As the FAA filed it
SIGHT SEEING BALLOON LANDED HARD ON BEND OF CHEYENNE RIVER 3.75 MILES NE OF HSR AIRPORT. PILOT SAW THAT WIND ON SURFACE HAD INCREASED AND BRIEFED PASSENGERS ON LANDING PROCEDURES AND AN EXPECTED HARD LANDING. PILOT AND THE 2 PASSENGERS BRACED FOR A HARD LANDING,THE BALLOON BASKET CONTACTED THE SURFACE AND THE PASSENGER BASKET WAS DRUG ON SIDE DURING LANDING 1 PASSENGER FELL ON ON TOP OF THE OTHER ON THE LANDING BREAKING THE LOWER PASSENGER'S RIGHT CLAVICLE. INJURY IS CONSIDERED SERIOUS BY NTSB. THIS IS CLASSIFIED AS AN ACCIDENT.
NTSB investigation
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