- Date
- April 18, 1988, 08:50 local (12:50 UTC)
- Place
- Orlando, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6583CAerostar S-60A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880418044849A
- Case key
- 32169
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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 stated that the winds started to pick up & he decided to land. During the apch just before touchdown, the gondola struck a tree, causing the occupants to fall against each other, breaking one of the passengers legs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6583C
- Reported as
- Aerostar S-60A
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- S60A-3079
- Airframe hours
- 24
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Balloon Flights Of Florida Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Kissimmee, FL
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Flight hours
- 1,129 total · 870 in this make and model · 1,024 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.