TABLE II. PAID HOT-AIR BALLOON RIDE OCCUPANT INJURY IN RELATION TO PRIMARY PILOT ERROR LISTED ON NTSB REPORT, UNITED STATES, 2000-2011.
| Injury Severity |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Error | Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | Total | % |
| Excessive rate of descent |
1 | 37 | 46 | 105 | 189 | 36.4 |
| Failure to maintain clearance |
3 | 20 | 25 | 59 | 107 | 20.6 |
| Fuel planning error | 0 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 42 | 8.1 |
| Flight into adverse weather |
1 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 26 | 5.0 |
| Inadequate balloon handling |
0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 2.7 |
| Distraction | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 2.3 |
| Failure to obtain wind information |
0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 2.1 |
| Inadequate passenger briefing |
0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 1.5 |
| Run on landing | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 1.5 |
| None | 0 | 16 | 14 | 72 | 102 | 19.7 |
| Total | 5 | 91 | 94 | 329 | 519 | |
| % | 0.1 | 17.5 | 18.1 | 63.4 | ||