- Date
- July 4, 1982, 07:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2045FBarnes AX-7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 4, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820704026139A
- Case key
- 69722
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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 stated she made a practice landing near a large hill and had no problems landing. She continued flight for approximately 20 minutes and prepared to land on a road. The balloon impacted a road embankment at touchdown and the pilot broke her leg. She stated the ground was "not that bad" and "the problem was the way I had myself braced in the gondola."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2045F
- Reported as
- Barnes AX-7
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- 738
- Airframe hours
- 155
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joan Hoglund
- Registered owner
- Joan Hoglund
- Departed
- Albuquerque, NM
- Destination
- Albuquerque, NM
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 45 total · 45 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 4 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 160 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.