- Date
- June 20, 1982, 07:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Washington Town, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N57023Raven S-66A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report June 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820620023769A
- Case key
- 72970
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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 reported that moments after initial ground contact (during landing), a passenger reported that he thought his leg had fractured. The passenger reported that the fracture occurred after initial impact, when another passenger leaned or stepped on his leg. The pilot estimated this wind was blowing at 9 knots. There were four passengers on board.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57023
- Reported as
- Raven S-66A
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- S-66A-104
- Airframe hours
- 320
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Balloon Enterprises,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Balloon Enterprises,Inc.
- Departed
- Hopewell Townsh, NJ
- Destination
- Hopewell Townsh, NJ
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 616 total · 130 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 310° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Temperature
- 147 °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.