A hot air balloon pilot broke his leg on a hard landing.

Attributes
ACN	276253
Time
Date	199407
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : btl
State Reference	MI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 10
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Balloon
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 15 flight time total : 100 flight time type : 100
ASRS Report	276253
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	observation : passenger
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical inflight encounter other other anomaly other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On coming into field, heavy downwind pushed balloon to ground. Had a hard hit. Caused pilot to have a broken leg. Passenger didn't get hurt.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A HOT AIR BALLOON PLT BROKE HIS LEG ON A HARD LNDG.

Narrative: ON COMING INTO FIELD, HVY DOWNWIND PUSHED BALLOON TO GND. HAD A HARD HIT. CAUSED PLT TO HAVE A BROKEN LEG. PAX DIDN'T GET HURT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.