# NTSB Accident LAX07CA028
> **Strategie Ballloon Co. Amazon** · 2006-11-05 · Page, AZ, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX07CA028
- **Event ID:** 20061214X01793
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2006-11-05
- **Location:** Page, AZ, USA
- **Coordinates:** 36.924999, -111.433334
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 3
- **Total aboard:** 5
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Strategie Ballloon Co.
- **Model:** Amazon
- **Registration:** PPXKY
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 0
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to identify grass clippings in the balloon envelope during a preflight inspection, which resulted in the balloon catching fire in flight.

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