- Date
- May 20, 1991, 20:00 local (May 21, 1991, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Overland Park, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4014RCameron N120
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910520025559A
- Case key
- 15081
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain a proper descent rate during an approach for landing.
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
The accident balloon landed hard at the completion of a sight seeing flight. The hot air balloon was not damaged. One passenger sustained serious injuries when another passenger stepped on her ankle and broke it during the landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4014R
- Reported as
- Cameron N120
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- 5689
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Remax Midstates Rrg
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Flight hours
- 1,561 total · 10 in this make and model · 1,526 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,700 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.