19951008037289I

Incident

FAA incident report · Raven S-60A · Albuquerque, NM · October 8, 1995

Date: October 8, 1995 · 07:48 local
Place: Albuquerque, NM
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N36228
Reported as: Raven S60A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 20,000 total400 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N36228Registration cancelled Oct 6, 2003 · Aerostar International S-60AS/N S60A-3110 · Built 1989 Airframe modelAerostar International S-60A 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 10/08/95, at 07:48 MDT, a spectator watching the launch of lighter-than-air free balloon was struck in the shoulder area by a hand-held radio that fell from an Aerostar S60-A (N36228) balloon that had just been released for launch on a pleasure flight. The aircraft is registered to frederick m. pollmann, privacy data omitted visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed. There was no damage to the aircraft. Mr. Pollmann holds commercial pilot certificate no. 1711697.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON 10/08/95, AT 07:48 MDT, A SPECTATOR WATCHING THE LAUNCH OF LIGHTER-THAN-AIR FREE BALLOON WAS STRUCK IN THE SHOULDER AREA BY A HAND-HELD RADIO THAT FELL FROM AN AEROSTAR S60-A (N36228) BALLOON THAT HAD JUST BEEN RELEASED FOR LAUNCH ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED TO FREDERICK M. POLLMANN, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. MR. POLLMANN HOLDS COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. 1711697.