- Date
- October 29, 1994, 08:15 local (12:15 UTC)
- Place
- Nashua, NH
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4070SBalloon Works Firefly 7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19941029048889A
- Case key
- 38900
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper touchdown which resulted in a rollover.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that while landing the balloon in a field, the basket momentarily tipped over, resulting in the occupants falling down. One of the passengers fractured her foot.
Factual narrative
On Saturday, October 29, 1994, at 0815 eastern daylight time, a Balloon Works Firefly 7, N4070S, a balloon, landed in a field near Nashua, New Hampshire. The pilot and one of the passengers were not injured. Another passenger fell during the landing and was seriously injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The flight was being conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
The pilot said: "I found a field and landed...during the landing, the balloon...[tipped] over momentarily..."
One passenger fell and sustained a simple fracture of her foot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4070S
- Reported as
- Balloon Works Firefly 7
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- 100053
- Airframe hours
- 642
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Steven F. Haber
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 9, 1994 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Hollis, NH
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Flight hours
- 366 total · 258 in this make and model · 300 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.