- Date
- August 11, 2013, 07:30 local (11:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mont-St-Grégoire, Canada
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N25QLAerostar International S-55A
- Defining event
- Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Miscellaneous/other
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Transportation Safety Board of Canada
- Case key
- 87787
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On August 11, 2013, at 0730 eastern daylight time, an Aerostar International Inc. model S-55A, United States registration N25QL, serial number S55A1-1017, was not damaged when a member of the balloon ground-support team was fatally injured after falling to the ground from 100 feet near Mont-St-Grégoire, Québec, Canada. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The balloon was registered to and operated by the commercial pilot. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that departed near Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada, about 0650. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Government. Further information may be obtained from: Transportation Safety Board of Canada Place du Centre 200 Promenade du Portage, 4th Floor Gatineau, Quebec K1A 1K8 Phone: 1 (800) 387-3557 Fax: 1 (819) 997-2239 E-mail: airops@tsb.gc.ca Webpage: http://www.tsb.gc.ca This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25QL
- Reported as
- Aerostar International S-55A
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- S55A-1017
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Air race/show · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- St-Jean
- Destination
- Mont-St-Grégoire
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
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day