A HOT AIR BALLOON PLT LANDED HIS AEROSTAR VERY HARD. THIS MAY HAVE BROKEN BONES IN HIS PAX'S FOOT.

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THIS EVENT WAS A CONVERGENT NAV TEST (CNT) AT A HOT AIR BALLOON RALLY. CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR VFR FLT. BRIEFING WAS DONE; ALL PREFLT COMPLETED. THE INFLATION AND LAUNCH WERE COMPLETED APPROPRIATELY AND EFFECTIVELY. NORMAL FLT. BALLOON NAVED TO TARGET AREA. VENTED AT TARGET AREA FOR APCH TO LAND; STEEP DSCNT FOLLOWED. REHEATED BALLOON ENVELOPE; BUT WAS UNABLE TO ACHIEVE EQUILIBRIUM PRIOR TO GND CONTACT. A HARD LNDG WAS THE RESULT. AFTER LNDG; REHEATED BALLOON AND MOVED BALLOON OUTSIDE OF SCORING AREA. I WAS NOT INJURED. MY PAX/CREW SAID HER FOOT WAS HURT; BUT DECLINED MEDICAL TREATMENT OR TRANSPORT AT SITE. HER HUSBAND DROVE HER TO A LCL HOSPITAL. THERE WAS NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE ACFT. I LATER FOUND OUT SHE HAD BROKEN BONES IN FOOT ABOVE THE ARCH. AM UNSURE IF THIS WAS A RESULT OF THE POS OF HER FOOT (IF IT WAS ON A SUPPORT RAIL) OR IF THE INJURY WAS CONTACT RELATED. AM NOT SURE IF THIS WAS INCIDENTAL; OR OTHER FACTORS INVOLVED. ACFT WAS A CAMERON VIVA 77 SPORT HOT AIR BALLOON WITH SINGLE BURNER.