# NTSB Accident CEN18LA245
> **KUBICEK BB30** · 2018-06-30 · Ashland, OH, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN18LA245
- **Event ID:** 20180630X04432
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2018-06-30
- **Location:** Ashland, OH, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.877223, -82.331665
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 3
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** KUBICEK
- **Model:** BB30
- **Registration:** N717FN
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** —
- **Damage:** MINR
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to ensure that he was secure in the balloon's basket after landing, which resulted in him falling and striking his head on the burners when the wind caught the envelope and tipped the basket over. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's underlying heart disease and pulmonary edema that distracted him from securing himself in the basket and left him unprepared when the basket tipped over.

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