- Date
- June 29, 1988, 07:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Collierville, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9807NAdams A55S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880629025409A
- Case key
- 7781
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Analysis
A multiple balloon flight was being conducted to obtain publicity for the local balloon club. Television exposure of balloon flights had been shot and the balloons were in the process of landing. The reporter/passenger in the accident balloon had been through one landing which the pilot characterized as text book. During the second touchdown, the basket contacted a small ridge of dirt at the landing site and the basket laid over. The pilot reported that the passenger flipped out and suffered a hairline fracture of a vertabre. There was no damage to the balloon nor injury to the private pilot. The wind was light.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9807N
- Reported as
- Adams A55S
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- 174
- Airframe hours
- 46
- Engine
- Unknown UNKNOWN, unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Turnispeed, Micheal R.
- Registered owner
- Michael R Turnipseed
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 2, 1987 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- CGP · Marshall Co, MS
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Flight hours
- 48 total · 48 in this make and model · 28 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.