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Incident

FAA incident report · Arostr RX 8 · Albuquerque, NM · May 23, 2003

Date: May 23, 2003 · 08:30 local
Place: Albuquerque, NM
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N5013D
Reported as: Arostr RX8
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 189 total40 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N5013DRegistered now · Aerostar International RX 8S/N RX8-3362 · Built 2002 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) On may 23, 2003 at 0830 MDT, a Aerostar international RX-8 balloon, N5013D, registered to the pilot, murray conrad, collided with the brick chimney of a residence located at privacy data omitted while on a pleasure flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, no flight plan filed. The balloon was not damaged, the pilot and passengers did not receive any injuries. The flight originated from a balloon launch site known as the "gravel pit" located in northeast Albuquerque, NM at 0628 MDT.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MAY 23, 2003 AT 0830 MDT, A AEROSTAR INTERNATIONAL RX-8 BALLOON, N5013D, REGISTERED TO THE PILOT, MURRAY CONRAD, COLLIDED WITH THE BRICK CHIMNEY OF A RESIDENCE LOCATED AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. THE BALLOON WAS NOT DAMAGED, THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM A BALLOON LAUNCH SITE KNOWN AS THE "GRAVEL PIT" LOCATED IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE, NM AT 0628 MDT.