# Incident 19961009044679I: Camron N105, Albuquerque, NM, October 9, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 1996, 07:40 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- 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: N16076, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16076) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cameron Balloons US N-105 (registry code 1880217, https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-n-105) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CAMRON N105
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,510 total, 510 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961009044679I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 10/09/96 AT 7:40 AM MDT, A CAMERON N-105 HOT AIR BALLOON (N16076) SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE ENVELOPE WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING DEFLATED AND PACKED. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY ONE-TENTH MILE SOUTH OF MONTANO BLVD., ALBUQUERQUE, NM. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN PLEASURE FLYING. DURING DEFLATION AND PACKING, A GUST CAUSED THE ENVELOPE TO CONTACT NEARBY TREES THAT WERE ADJACENT TO THE ROAD, WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE ENVELOPE. THE AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED TO CAMERON BALLOONS - US; ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE ENVELOPE FABRIC. NO PERSONS WERE ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE GROUND CREW. MR. DUNNINGTON HOLDS A UNITED KINGDOM COMMERCIAL PILOT LICENSE #126133B.

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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