# NTSB CHI92LA293: Cameron O-77, N9539G, North Omaha, NE, September 27, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 27, 1992, 08:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place: North Omaha, NE
- Coordinates: 41.100402, -95.939575 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1004&lon=-95.9396&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 September 28, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15560
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI92LA293
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15560/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA293

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S ABRUPT TOUCHDOWN DURING A BALLOON LANDING. A RELATED FACTOR IS THE UNSUITABLE TERRAIN SELECTED.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - touchdown - abrupt, pilot in command (cause)
  - passenger briefing - not followed, passenger

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9539G), registered now, S/N 5585, built 1990 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CAMERON O-77
- Registry model: [Cameron Balloons US O-77](https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-o-77) (registry code 1880207) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Balloon
- Serial number: 5585
- Airframe hours: 87
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920927039249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920927039249A), Sep 27, 1992: Camron O77, Omaha, NE. Made hard landing. Bounced. A passenger came forward prior to second impact fell on other passenger. Broke his leg.

## Other investigations on N9539G (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI07CA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA300), Sep 16, 2007: Cameron Balloons O-77 (N9539G), Creston, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent flight into adverse (high wind) weather conditions, which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was the high wind encountered during the balloon flight and…

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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