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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Raven RX-7 · Albuquerque, NM · April 13, 2002

Date: April 13, 2002 · 08:26 local
Place: Albuquerque, NM
Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N91021
Reported as: Raven RX7
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 374 total356 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

N91021Registration cancelled Jan 20, 2022 · Aerostar International RX-7S/N RX7-3286 · Built 1993 Airframe modelAerostar International RX-7 Engine modelNONENone

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On April 13, 2002, at 0826 MDT, an Aerostar RX-7 balloon, N91021, registered to blair kaufman, hit a powerline with the bottom third of the basket after aborting a landing due to increasing ground winds in Albuquerque, new Mexico, while on a pleasure flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. The balloon received minor damage and the commercial pilot and passengers were not injured. The flight originated in rio rancho, new Mexico, on April 13, 2002, at 0750 MDT.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON APRIL 13, 2002, AT 0826 MDT, AN AEROSTAR RX-7 BALLOON, N91021, REGISTERED TO BLAIR KAUFMAN, HIT A POWERLINE WITH THE BOTTOM THIRD OF THE BASKET AFTER ABORTING A LANDING DUE TO INCREASING GROUND WINDS IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE BALLOON RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN RIO RANCHO, NEW MEXICO, ON APRIL 13, 2002, AT 0750 MDT.