- Date
- April 22, 1984, 18:50 local (Apr 23, 1984, 00:50 UTC)
- Place
- Fargo, ND
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3604UBalloon Works Firefly 7B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840422042499A
- Case key
- 16371
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Miscellaneous/other
Miscellaneous - inadvertentCause
Analysis
During a balloon landing which the plt described as normal, a pax banged her knee & broke her knee cap.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3604U
- Reported as
- Balloon Works Firefly 7B
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- F7B-060
- Airframe hours
- 25
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wesley G. Hunt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 18, 1984 · 241 hours before
- Departed
- Fargo, ND
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 30 in this make and model · 1,200 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAR, 14 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.