- Date
- March 12, 1983, 09:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Springtown, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N99USPiccard AX-6
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830312008089A
- Case key
- 20836
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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 was on a 'hare & hound' competition flight with a commercial plt & student plt on board. After the competition portion was completed, the pilot-in-command told the student to take control & continue flying, then land at her discretion. After about 15 min, the student decided to land in an open field. The PIC reported that a 'typical' landing was made with a drag of aprx 15 ft. during ground contact, the student struck her knee on an lp gas bottle & received a small fracture of the right femur. The plt reported that the wind was from 180 at 10 gusting 12 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99US
- Reported as
- Piccard AX-6
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- 699
- Airframe hours
- 182
- Engine
- None, unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- R. C. Conn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- TX16 · Aledo, TX
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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Flight hours
- 330 total · 320 in this make and model · 300 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- 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.
Other investigations on N99US · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.