NTSB Identification: LAX84LA063.
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 22598.
Accident occurred Monday, November 14, 1983 in SALOME, AZ
Aircraft: RIDER AA-4, registration: N27676
Injuries: 1 Serious.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.THE PLT OF THE BALLOON WAS MAKING A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING DUE TO HIS PROXIMITY TO THE MEXICAN BORDER. TO AVOID HIGH TENSION WIRES, THE PLT 'RIPPED OUT' AT A HIGHER THAN NORMAL ALTITUDE RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING. THE PLT RECEIVED A FRACTURED SKULL WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST AN OXYGEN BOTTLE DURING THE LANDING.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
ALTITUDE..EXCEEDED..PILOT IN COMMAND
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