# Incident 19951008037289I: Raven S60A, Albuquerque, NM, October 8, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 1995, 07:48 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- 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: N36228, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36228-2003-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerostar International S-60A (registry code 7486060, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-international-s-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAVEN S60A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951008037289I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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