ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 387295
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| Date: | Tuesday 12 September 2000 |
| Time: | 08:15 LT |
| Type: |  Aerostar S-81A |
| Owner/operator: | Blackhill Balloons |
| Registration: | N9174Z |
| MSN: | 581A-3001 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 601 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Custer, SD -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A passenger fractured her leg while exiting the balloon. The passenger reported, "The basket bounced 3 or 4 times hard - one bounce approx 5'. The pilot ordered people to get out - one at a time. Passengers and ground crew were trying to hold the basket down. Everybody got off except me. Then a gust of wind took the balloon and tilted it over and I got out. It was at that point it broke my leg." The pilot reported that the passenger fractured her leg when she tripped after having exited the basket. He reported that after all the passengers were out of the basket, a small gust of wind carried the balloon about 100 feet into some power lines where it received several small holes.
Probable Cause: The ground crew's failure to maintain control of the balloon until all passengers were disembarked. A factor related to the accident was the gust of wind.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI00LA295
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 03-May-2024 07:31 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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