- Date
- March 11, 1989, 09:04 local (14:04 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4033JAdams AX-9
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890311003529A
- Case key
- 32405
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Probable cause
The failure of a passenger to follow pre-briefed instructions during landing.
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 tipped over upon ldg. The plt & 2 pax stated that safety briefing before & during flt was adequate, & given at least twice. On touchdown when the gondola tipped, other pax fell upon female pax injuring her arm. The accident was not reported until about 48 hrs later.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4033J
- Reported as
- Adams AX-9
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- 144
- Airframe hours
- 399
- Engine
- Unknown UNKNOWN, unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Victory Balloons, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 19, 1988 · 80 hours before
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Flight hours
- 801 total · 801 in this make and model · 778 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRG, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.