- Date
- June 23, 1984, 20:20 local (Jun 24, 1984, 03:20 UTC)
- Place
- Monroe, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 6 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1509HBalloon Works Barnes AX-8
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840623056399A
- Case key
- 39945
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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 the ballon descent, the plt said he briefed the passengers to bend their knees & hold onto something inside the basket. According to the plt , the descent became more rapid due to a downdraft. The passengers were again warned to 'hang on' because it was going to be a hard landing. On impact, some of the passengers fell into & onto each other & one sustained a compound fracture of the lower left leg.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1509H
- Reported as
- Balloon Works Barnes AX-8 (BARNES AX-)
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- F8-002
- Airframe hours
- 249
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aerial Balloon Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Special flight (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 23, 1983 · 61 hours before
- Departed
- Woodenville, WA
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Seat
- Center
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 0° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °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.