# Incident 19951007037299I: Arostr RX8, Albuquerque, NM, October 7, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 1995, 07:42 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0845° N, 106.6511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albuquerque, NM, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0845&lon=-106.6511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3649T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3649T-2018-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerostar International RX 8 (registry code 7487008, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-international-rx-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AROSTR RX8
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 53 total, 53 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951007037299I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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