- Date
- October 21, 1987, 17:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place
- Ankeny, IA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N72711National Balloon 752
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871021060979A
- Case key
- 34518
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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
During a promotional balloon flt, the plt stated that on an approach to lnd the basket drifted into a large hay bale. The basket tipped and the plts ankle was broken when caught between the basket and a propane tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72711
- Reported as
- National Balloon 752
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- 011
- Airframe hours
- 22
- Engine
- none 2, unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ralph Stonelooker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 17, 1987
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 240 total · 180 in this make and model · 180 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 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.