# Incident 20020413005939I: Raven RX7, Albuquerque, NM, April 13, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 2002, 08:26 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- 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: N91021, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91021-2022-01-20) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 374 total, 356 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020413005939I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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