Citation

McConnell TS, Zumwalt RE, Wahe J, Haikal NA, McFeeley PJ. J. Forensic Sci. 1992; 37(5): 1393-1400.

Affiliation

Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico Medical Center.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, American Society for Testing and Materials, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1402763

Abstract

Powerline contact by hot-air balloons is one of the most frequent concurrences in balloon accidents resulting in injury or death. Injuries and deaths are usually a result of blunt trauma from falls. In this report, we describe the aircraft, the circumstances of the accidents and the autopsy data in two powerline contact accidents involving three deaths, one from electrocution and two, from blunt trauma sustained in falls. Appropriate pilot behavior is briefly discussed.

Language: en