# NTSB Accident IAD05CA141
> **Lindstrand Balloons 77A** · 2005-09-24 · Louisville, KY, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** IAD05CA141
- **Event ID:** 20051027X01742
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2005-09-24
- **Location:** Louisville, KY, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.223331, -85.658058
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Lindstrand Balloons
- **Model:** 77A
- **Registration:** N4024P
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 0
- **Damage:** —
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The ground crewman's failure to release the basket of the balloon when it resumed flight during the landing phase.  A factor in the accident was the wet grass at the landing site.

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