# NTSB CHI84LA346: Cameron Viva 7, N58179, Oswego, IL, August 14, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 13, 1984, 20:23 local (Aug 14, 1984, 01:23 UTC)
- Place: Oswego, IL
- Coordinates: 41.689727, -88.330314 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6897&lon=-88.3303&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12738
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA346
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12738/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA346

## Sequence of events

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

- Miscellaneous/other, landing - flare/touchdown
  - miscellaneous, passenger (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N58179-1991-04-11), registration cancelled 1991-04-11, S/N 5027 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cameron VIVA 7
- Registry model: [Cameron Balloons US V-77](https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-v-77) (registry code 1880206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Balloon
- Serial number: 5027
- Airframe hours: 34
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840813043829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840813043829A), Aug 13, 1984: Camron V77CAMERON, Oswego, IL. Approaching darkness pilot elected to land his balloon in a tall corn field impact resulted in passenger injury.

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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