- Date
- July 23, 2026, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Johnstown, PA · The Johnstown Galleria/Mall Parking Lot
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor, 4 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Prior to flight
- Aircraft
- N9532ZBalony Kubicek Spol Sro BB45Z
- Defining event
- Prior to flight: Ground handling event
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20260723009199A
- Case key
- 203523
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9532Z
- Reported as
- Balony Kubicek Spol Sro BB45Z
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- 1420
- Built
- 2018
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jw Group Holdings Company LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Balloon
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- NA
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.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.22 inHg
- Observed at
- JST, 1 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KJST 232154Z AUTO 32003KT 10SM CLR 21/08 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP229 T02110083=
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.