# Incident 20031004026369I: Balwks FIREFLY715, Albuquerque, NM, October 4, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2003, 08:25 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- 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: N9060V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9060V-2019-07-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-15 (registry code 1050118, https://openairdocs.org/model/balloon-works-firefly-7-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BALWKS FIREFLY715
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 282 total, 281 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031004026369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 4, 2003, AT 0825 MDT, A FIREFLY, 7-15, HOT AIR BALLOON, N9060V REGISTERED TO JERRY L. HOLMES MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT FIESTA PARK, ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO WHILE PARTICIPATING IN THE ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL BALLOON FIESTA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FIESTA PARK, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO ON OCTOBER 4, 2003 AT 0822 MDT. THE AIRCRAFT ENVELOPE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING IT FROM THE CONCESSION BUILDINGS AFTER THE PILOT AND PASSENGER HAD DISEMBARKED.

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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