- Date
- September 27, 1992, 08:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place
- North Omaha, NE
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9539GCameron O-77
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920927039249A
- Case key
- 15560
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Probable cause
The pilot's abrupt touchdown during a balloon landing. A related factor is the unsuitable terrain selected.
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 pilot was landing the balloon in a clearing on 'an upslope of a hill.' He stated: 'I notified my passengers and they prepared for the landing. Just prior to contact I shut down the pilot light and instructed my passengers to hang on. Upon ground contact the aircraft rebounded a short distance...the passenger in the back of the basket came forward at the time of final ground contact and fell on the lower leg of the passenger in the front of the basket.' The front passenger received serious injuries as a result of the impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9539G
- Reported as
- Cameron O-77
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- 5585
- Airframe hours
- 87
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Myers, Jack E.
- Registered owner
- Myers, Jack E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1992 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Omaha, NE
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Flight hours
- 470 total · 192 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9539G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.