MEDICAL EMER.

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ACFT #1 WAS TAKING OFF IN EMPTY FIELD AT ARPT ABOUT 100 YDS AWAY FROM ACFT #2 WHICH WAS TIED DOWN ON SPACE X. ACFT #1 ASCENDED ABOUT 20 FT HIGH; WHEN ONE OF OUR PAX WAS INDICATING SHE FELT 'FAINT.' AS AN EMER; I HELPED HER KNEEL DOWN ON THE FLOOR OF THE GONDOLA. IN THE MEANTIME; THE ENVELOPE HAD COOLED DOWN A LITTLE SO WE SETTLED TO THE GND ABOUT 4 FT AWAY FROM THE PARKED ACFT #2. THE MOMENTUM DRAGGED US INTO THE L WING AND DAMAGED THE FLAP. NO ONE WAS AROUND; TOO EARLY; SO WHEN OUR FLT WAS OVER; I REPARKED IT TO THE TERMINAL BUILDING AND LEFT A CARD FOR THE OWNER OF THE PLANE. WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT. I WAS SO CONCERNED ABOUT THIS LADY. IN THE FUTURE WE NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER PAX HELP AND I'LL LAND THE ACFT IN A MORE SUITABLE AREA. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR LIKENED THE LITTLE OLD LADY 'TO A POODLE' IN TEMPERAMENT. THE RPTR ADMITS THAT HE SHOULD HAVE ADDED HEAT AND FLOWN THE BALLOON INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT THE PAX. THE BALLOON'S MOMENTUM SKIDDED THE BASKET INTO THE ACFT'S AILERON CAUSING $4000 DAMAGE. THE PAX INSISTED ON A MEDICAL CHK UP WHICH COST $350. THE RPTR PAID BOTH BILLS OUT OF HIS POCKET. HE HAS HEARD NOTHING FROM THE FAA ON THIS MATTER.