- Date
- October 2, 1982, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4068KBalloon Works Firefly 7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821002053209A
- Case key
- 69730
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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 balloon landed in high winds and was dragged by the envelope for about 150 yards. While the gondola was being dragged a passengers boot got caught and twisted his leg so that both bones were broken. The weather was VMC and no flight plan was filed. The balloon was not damaged and the pilot and one other passenger were not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4068K
- Reported as
- Balloon Works Firefly 7
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- 10034
- Airframe hours
- 1
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Piuma Aircraft
- Registered owner
- Piuma Aircraft
- 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 702 total · 1 in this make and model · 622 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.