- Date
- January 21, 1990, 09:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Glendale, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4021LAdams A55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900121001959A
- Case key
- 26729
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot. The unexpected high wind condition was a related factor.
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 rprtd that the wind velocity increased about 15 min after she took off in the balloon. She estimated that the winds reached a speed of 15 to 18 KTS by the time she landed. During the landing, the balloon touched down hard & the plt's left ankle was fractured. The wind had been forecast to be 7 KTS until noon.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4021L
- Reported as
- Adams A55
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- 134
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Marie M. Kasinger
- Departed
- Lone Mtn Road, AZ
- Destination
- El Mirage, AZ
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Flight hours
- 54 total · 36 in this make and model · 6 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 15 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.