# Incident 20000821029389I: Camron A180, Albuquerque, NM, August 21, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2000, 07:50 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- 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: N4463R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4463R-2018-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cameron Balloons US A-180 (registry code 1880233, https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-a-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CAMRON A180
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 673 total, 8 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000821029389I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON AUGUST 21, 2000 AT 0750 MDT, N4463R, A CAMERON BALLOON, OWNED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL AND OPERATED BY A COMMERCIAL BALLOON RIDE COMPANY EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING IN A UN-POPULTED AREA IN ALBUQUERUQE, NM. THE COMMERICALLY RATED PILOT UNINJURED, 2 PASSENGERS REPORTED MINOR INJURIES, 5 PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED.  THE TOTAL PASSSENGER LOAD WAS 7.  THE ENVELOPE DRAPED OVER A LOW VOLTAGE POWER LINE AND INCURRED NO DAMAGE.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT 0635 MDT ON 8/21/00 ON ALBUQUERQUE, NM.  VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91.

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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