# NTSB Accident CHI07CA300
> **Cameron Balloons O-77** · 2007-09-16 · Creston, IA, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI07CA300
- **Event ID:** 20071023X01638
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2007-09-16
- **Location:** Creston, IA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 41.049682, -94.359718
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cameron Balloons
- **Model:** O-77
- **Registration:** N9539G
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 0
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inadvertent flight into adverse (high wind) weather conditions, which resulted in a hard landing.  Contributing to the accident was the high wind encountered during the balloon flight and the barbed-wire fence.

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