# Accident 20030701014279A: Eagleb EAGLEC7, Rio Rancho, NM, July 1, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2003, 07:45 local time
- Place: Rio Rancho, NM
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2334° N, 106.6645° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rio Rancho, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2334&lon=-106.6645&mi=10
- Aircraft: N306E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N306E-2004-08-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eagle Balloons C-7 (registry code 3240207, https://openairdocs.org/model/eagle-balloons-c-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EAGLEB EAGLEC7
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 124 total, 123 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030701014279A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 1, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 0745 MDT, N306E, A EAGLE C-7 BALLOON, DURING A PLEASURE FLIGHT MADE A HARD LANDING AT THE INTERSECTION OF NORTHERN BLVD AND RAINBOW STREET IN RIO RANCHO, NM. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND, MR. DON MARTINDELL AND HIS SINGLE PASSENGER WERE THE ONLY OCCUPANTS IN THE BALLOON. MR. MARTINDELL RECEIVED NO INJURIES; HIS PASSENGER RECEIVED A BROKEN LEG. THE BALLOON RECEIVED NO DAMAGE. VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A WEATHER BRIEFING WAS RECEIVED BY PILOT-IN-COMMAND PRIOR TO FLIGHT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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