35.0845° N, 106.6511° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Albuquerque, NM, within about 8 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 9, 1996 · 09:00 local
Place
Albuquerque, NM
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
DOHVW
Reported as
Camron N90
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
530 total400 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days
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: during descent to find a place to land, this german balloon bumped the roof of American furniture warehouse, a furniture store. No damage or injury occurred during balloon fiesta. Gusty wind.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: DURING DESCENT TO FIND A PLACE TO LAND, THIS GERMAN BALLOON BUMPED THE ROOF OF AMERICAN FURNITURE WAREHOUSE, A FURNITURE STORE. NO DAMAGE OR INJURY OCCURRED DURING BALLOON FIESTA. GUSTY WIND.