- Date
- March 22, 1987, 09:05 local (14:05 UTC)
- Place
- Montvale, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N60765Eagle Balloons C-7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870322007149A
- Case key
- 11265
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The balloon plt selected a downsloping field with powerlines at the apch end and woods at the upwind end in which to land. On touchdown, the basket tipped over and the plt was pulled from the basket by his grip on the crown valve line. The balloon began to ascend with two passengers in the basket. The two passengers jumped to the ground from an alt alt 5-10 ft AGL. One passenger suffered a fractured pelvic bone during the fall. The balloon then traveled aprx 3/4 of a mile before contacting trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60765
- Reported as
- Eagle Balloons C-7
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- E83746
- Airframe hours
- 90
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Above The Rest, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Above The Rest Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 6, 1986 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- Fincastle, VA
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Flight hours
- 101 total · 101 in this make and model · 77 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 31.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ROA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.