- Date
- April 24, 1982, 08:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Longmont, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N72AVAvian Balloon Skyhawk
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820424011029A
- Case key
- 71478
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot tookoff in the balloon with three passengers on a sight-seeing flight. The wind was from 200 degrees at 5 gusting 7 knots. A large field was selected for landing. While using a high wind landing procedure, the gondola tipped over during touchdown. One passenger fell out and fractured a vertebra.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72AV
- Reported as
- Avian Balloon Skyhawk
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- 72
- Airframe hours
- 54
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Aeronauts Partnership
- Registered owner
- Aeronauts Partnership
- Departed
- Berthand, CO
- Destination
- Berthand, CO
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 33
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,798 total · 30 in this make and model · 1,686 as pilot in command · 119 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 140 °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.