- Date
- September 20, 1986, 08:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Creston, IA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2054FBarnes AX-7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860920045599A
- Case key
- 34249
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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 pilot of the hot air balloon made a landing that was hard enough to break her right ankle. The pilot stated the accident possibly could have been avoided if she had been wearing hightop shoes with laces.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2054F
- Reported as
- Barnes AX-7
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- A7164-S
- Airframe hours
- 383
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joyce A. Blevins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1986 · 28 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
- Private
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 31 total · 31 in this make and model · 18 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.