Accident · 2000-05-21
What the record says
- Event date
- 2000-05-21
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Cameron V-90 (N6012C)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- AIRVENTURE BALLOON PORT Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- AIRVENTURE BALLOON PORT
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate passenger briefing for a high wind landing. A factor was the wind.
Source: NTSB case FTW00LA152Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.