# Incident 19961011043329I: Raven RX7, Albuquerque, NM, October 11, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 1996, 09:26 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N9098F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9098F-2006-07-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerostar International RX-7 (registry code 7487007, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-international-rx-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAVEN RX7
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 36 total, 36 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961011043329I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: BALLOON WAS LANDING AT 8800 AND 2ND. GROUND CREW WAS WAITING AT FIELD. PILOT RELEASED TOP PANEL AND CREW GRABBED BASKET AS IT TOUCHED DOWN. THE BALLOON WAS DRAGGED APPROXIMATELY 75 YD. THE CREW SPOTTED THE POWER LINE AND TOLD THE CREW TO LET GO. THE ENVELOPE DROPPED OVER THE POWERLINE. PNM WAS NOTIFIED AND A PNM CREW ASSISTED TO REMOVE THE ENVELOPE FROM THE LINE. THE SKIRT WAS BURNED, APPROXIMATELY 25 FT UP THE ENVELOPE WAS BURNED. THE PYROMETERS LINE AND INST. WERE DAMAGED. UPRIGHT ARCHING AND NEEDS REPLACED. INCIDENT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE BALLOON AND THE ENVELOPE ENDED UP IN A POWER LINE. MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES.

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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