- Date
- June 15, 1984, 20:30 local (Jun 16, 1984, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Orion, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N37643Barnes AX-7B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840615026869A
- Case key
- 12657
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
A 74 year old passenger in a balloon lost her footing during landing and fell on her arm. Later examination revealed that her arm was broken. The plt and another passenger were not injured. The plt reported that the passengers had been briefed on landing and how to prepare themselves for the event.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37643
- Reported as
- Barnes AX-7B
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- F7B-099
- Airframe hours
- 5
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robin Green
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 5, 1984 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- Lake Orion, MI
- Destination
- Lake Orion, MI
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 497 total · 497 in this make and model · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.