# NTSB Accident LAX97LA118
> **Balloon Works AX-8B** · 1997-03-01 · PARKER, AZ, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX97LA118
- **Event ID:** 20001208X07572
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-03-01
- **Location:** PARKER, AZ, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.079902, -114.220458
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Balloon Works
- **Model:** AX-8B
- **Registration:** N9033H
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** —
- **Damage:** —
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning, which resulted in an excessive descent and subsequent hard landing, due to a drop in fuel pressure along with shifting winds at low altitude.

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