Balloon pilot reported loss of control while landing in gusty wind conditions that led to minor pass...

Attributes
ACN	1452998
Time
Date	201705
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Balloon
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Lighter-Than-Air
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 38 Flight Crew Total 1130 Flight Crew Type 24
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

After a routine flight we began our descent into a large desert area for our landing approach. Felt wind increase as we approached surface. Impacted surface in a 10 to 15 mph wind; tipping balloon on its side and dragged a short distance when we rebounded back into the air. Shortly touching down again and dragging to a stop. Passengers had received some injuries; so applied field first aid. Clean and covered wound on [passenger 1's] forehead and [passenger 2's] knee. Passenger [3] complained of a sore left shoulder. I took all passengers to hospital for checkup.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Balloon pilot reported loss of control while landing in gusty wind conditions that led to minor passenger injuries.

Narrative: After a routine flight we began our descent into a large desert area for our landing approach. Felt wind increase as we approached surface. Impacted surface in a 10 to 15 mph wind; tipping balloon on its side and dragged a short distance when we rebounded back into the air. Shortly touching down again and dragging to a stop. Passengers had received some injuries; so applied field first aid. Clean and covered wound on [passenger 1's] forehead and [passenger 2's] knee. Passenger [3] complained of a sore left shoulder. I took all passengers to hospital for checkup.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.