19951007037299I

Incident

FAA incident report · Arostr RX 8 · Albuquerque, NM · October 7, 1995

Date: October 7, 1995 · 07:42 local
Place: Albuquerque, NM
Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N3649T
Reported as: Arostr RX8
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 53 total53 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N3649TRegistration cancelled Jan 18, 2018 · Aerostar International RX 8S/N RX8-3067 · Built 1990 Airframe modelAerostar International RX 8 Engine modelNONENone

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on 10/07/95, at 7:42 MDT, a ground crewmember assisting in the launch of lighter-than-air free balloon received minor cuts to the facial area when she stepped in front of the gondola of an Aerostar RX-8 (N3649T) balloon that had just been released for launch on a pleasure flight. The aircraft is registered to richard p. harwood, privacy data omitted visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed. The crewmember stated that she had stepped backwards to wave at the departing aircraft and moved into the path of Mr. Harwood's aircraft. There was no damage to the aircraft. Mr. Harwood holds private pilot certificate no. 466925175.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON 10/07/95, AT 7:42 MDT, A GROUND CREWMEMBER ASSISTING IN THE LAUNCH OF LIGHTER-THAN-AIR FREE BALLOON RECEIVED MINOR CUTS TO THE FACIAL AREA WHEN SHE STEPPED IN FRONT OF THE GONDOLA OF AN AEROSTAR RX-8 (N3649T) BALLOON THAT HAD JUST BEEN RELEASED FOR LAUNCH ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED TO RICHARD P. HARWOOD, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE CREWMEMBER STATED THAT SHE HAD STEPPED BACKWARDS TO WAVE AT THE DEPARTING AIRCRAFT AND MOVED INTO THE PATH OF MR. HARWOOD'S AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. MR. HARWOOD HOLDS PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. 466925175.