# NTSB CHI86FEC04: Cameron 77, N340CB, Hamburg, MI, July 4, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: July 4, 1986, 08:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place: Hamburg, MI
- Coordinates: 42.44902, -83.810478 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4490&lon=-83.8105&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): 13282
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86FEC04
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13282/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86FEC04

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

PLT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING REPORTEDLY DUE TO HIGH WINDS. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE BASKET TIPPED AND ONE OF THE PAX RECEIVED A FRACTURED LEFT LEG.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N340CB](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N340CB-2015-05-06), registration cancelled 2015-05-06, S/N 633, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cameron 77
- Registry model: [Cameron Balloons V-77](https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-v-77) (registry code 1880205) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Balloon
- Serial number: 633
- Airframe hours: 182
- Engines: NONE NONE unknown
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Graham Parsons
- Registered owner: Graham Parsons
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 17, 1986, 18 hours before
- Departed: 75G, MANCHESTER, MI

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; commercial; medical: unknown, unknown; flight hours: 261 total, 261 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: YIP, 117 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 19860704030279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860704030279A), Jul 4, 1986: Camron V77CAMERON, Hamburg, MI. Balloon rolled over during landing in windy conditions and passenger was injured.

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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