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Aviation accident GAA17CA155
SERS · BALLOON WORKS FIREFLY 7 · 2017-02-24 · Statesville, NC, USA
Event
- NTSB number
GAA17CA155- Event ID
20170224X82547- Type
- Accident
- Date
- 2017-02-24
- Location
- Statesville, NC, USA
- Coordinates
- 35.857498, -80.74472
Injuries
- Highest injury
- SERS
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Minor
- 0
- Uninjured
- 1
- Total aboard
- 2
Aircraft
- Make
- BALLOON WORKS
- Model
- FIREFLY 7
- Registration
- N7423D
- FAR Part
- 091
- Engines
- 1
- Damage
- —
Conditions
- Light
- DAYL
- Weather
- VMC
Probable cause
The student pilot’s decision to place one foot on the balloon basket and one foot on the floor during the landing, which resulted in a broken ankle.
Source
- Authoritative
- NTSB CAROL
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown