A HOT AIR BALLOON PLT BROKE BONES IN HER LOWER LEG WHILE MOVING ACROSS THE GND AFTER LNDG.

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I HAD LANDED MY BALLOON AND WAS MOVING ALONG THE GND. I HAD MY L FOOT BRACED AGAINST THE WICKER BASKET ON TOP OF THE HORIZ PROPANE TANK AS I VENTED TO STOP THE MOTION. I STRUCK A MESQUITE BUSH; AND ITS TRUNK HIT PRECISELY AGAINST THE TOE OF MY BOOT; FLEXING THE WICKER AND PUSHING MY FOOT BACK AGAINST THE MUSCLES BRACING IT; BREAKING BOTH BONES THAT CONNECT THE LEG TO THE ANKLE. ONE OF MY PAX (AN EMT) SAID 1 INCH EITHER WAY AND THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO INJURY. HAD I REALIZED HOW LARGE THE TRUNK ON THE MESQUITE TREE WAS; I WOULD HAVE MADE A GREATER EFFORT NOT TO HIT IT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR WAS FLYING IN A REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT. HER PAX WAS A REPRESENTATIVE OF HER SPONSOR. HER BREAKS ARE MENDING NICELY. WHEN HER DOCTOR CLEARS HER FOR FLT AGAIN; SHE HAS BEEN ASKED TO FLY WITH A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE LCL FSDO. THE RPTR RPTED THIS INCIDENT BOTH TO THE NTSB AND THE FAA. THE CHK RIDE THAT THE RPTR WILL TAKE SEEMS TO BE VERY INFORMAL. THERE HAS BEEN NO OFFICIAL PAPERWORK DELIVERED TO HER REQUIRING THIS RIDE.