# NTSB CHI84LA242: Adams A55S, N1062G, Grayslake, IL, June 1, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 31, 1984, 19:45 local (Jun 1, 1984, 00:45 UTC)
- Place: Grayslake, IL
- Coordinates: 42.340484, -88.029083 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3405&lon=-88.0291&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12655
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA242
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12655/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA242

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Miscellaneous/other, landing - flare/touchdown
  - miscellaneous - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT AS THE BALLOON TOUCHED DOWN, HE LOST HIS FOOTING & HIS LEFT ANKLE SLIPPED INTO THE CORNER OF THE GONDALA. HE SUFFERED A FRACTURED, DISLOCATED ANKLE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1062G](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1062G), registered now, S/N 078, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ADAMS A55S
- Registry model: [Adams Balloon A55S](https://openairdocs.org/model/adams-balloon-a55s) (registry code 0050105) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Balloon
- Serial number: 078
- Airframe hours: 240
- Engines: unknown
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Ronald J. Rytie
- Registered owner: Ronald J. Rytie
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 11, 1984, 4 hours before
- Departed: FOX RIVER GROVE, IL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; private; medical: unknown, unknown; flight hours: 70 total, 70 in this make and model, 52 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: DPA, 27 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840531026579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840531026579A), May 31, 1984: Adams A55S, Grayslake, IL. Pilot received a fractured ankle during a high speed hard landing. Was improperly braced for the landing.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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