- Date
- August 13, 1984, 20:23 local (Aug 14, 1984, 01:23 UTC)
- Place
- Oswego, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N58179Cameron Viva 7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840813043829A
- Case key
- 12738
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Miscellaneous/other
MiscellaneousCause
Analysis
The passengers stated that the landing was normal. One lady said she lost her balanced and thought she just sprained her ankle, but learned later it was broken.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58179
- Reported as
- Cameron Viva 7
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- 5027
- Airframe hours
- 34
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Illinois Balloons, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 29, 1983 · 34 hours before
- Departed
- 1C5 · Plainfield, IL
N58179Registration cancelled Apr 11, 1991 · Cameron Balloons US V-77Airframe modelCameron Balloons US V-77
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Flight hours
- 66 total · 26 in this make and model · 30 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CHI, 10 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.