- Date
- November 14, 1983, 14:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Salome, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N27676Rider AA-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831114057989A
- Case key
- 24088
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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 plt of the balloon was making a precautionary landing due to his proximity to the mexican border. To avoid high tension wires, the plt 'ripped out' at a higher than normal altitude resulting in a hard landing. The plt received a fractured skull when he struck his head against an oxygen bottle during the landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27676
- Reported as
- Rider AA-4
- Category
- Balloon, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 001
- Airframe hours
- 7
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David Levin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- Las Vegas, NV
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Flight hours
- 1,309 total · 7 in this make and model · 1,389 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.