20020101002709I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Arostr RX 8 · Albuquerque, NM · January 1, 2002

Date: January 1, 2002 · 08:20 local
Place: Albuquerque, NM
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4194C
Reported as: Arostr RX8
Pilot’s flight hours: 50 total7 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

N4194CRegistered now · Aerostar International RX 8S/N RX8-3192 Airframe modelAerostar International RX 8 Engine modelNONENone

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.

(-23) Ms. Pholmeyer departed the 19th street ballfield on a pleasure flight with two passengers at 0800. She had flown for approximately 20 minutes and approached for a landing in a large open field that was upwind to the residence. Her intended point of landing was at the edge of an undeveloped cul-de-sac. The basket touched down and bounced and was drug along the rough ground. The basket went through a wooden fence, and came to rest next to the house. The balloon envelope came to rest on the roof of the house. The cables damaged some of the shingles on the roof. Ms. Pohlmeyer stated that low level winds increased as she approached to land. She stated that she intended to exchange passengers and that she may have not vented sufficiently to completely stop the balloon.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) MS. PHOLMEYER DEPARTED THE 19TH STREET BALLFIELD ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT WITH TWO PASSENGERS AT 0800. SHE HAD FLOWN FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES AND APPROACHED FOR A LANDING IN A LARGE OPEN FIELD THAT WAS UPWIND TO THE RESIDENCE. HER INTENDED POINT OF LANDING WAS AT THE EDGE OF AN UNDEVELOPED CUL-DE-SAC. THE BASKET TOUCHED DOWN AND BOUNCED AND WAS DRUG ALONG THE ROUGH GROUND. THE BASKET WENT THROUGH A WOODEN FENCE, AND CAME TO REST NEXT TO THE HOUSE. THE BALLOON ENVELOPE CAME TO REST ON THE ROOF OF THE HOUSE. THE CABLES DAMAGED SOME OF THE SHINGLES ON THE ROOF. MS. POHLMEYER STATED THAT LOW LEVEL WINDS INCREASED AS SHE APPROACHED TO LAND. SHE STATED THAT SHE INTENDED TO EXCHANGE PASSENGERS AND THAT SHE MAY HAVE NOT VENTED SUFFICIENTLY TO COMPLETELY STOP THE BALLOON.