# Incident 20031005026359I: Lbl 210S, Albuquerque, NM, October 5, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2003, 09:15 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N815LB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N815LB-2015-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lindstrand Balloons 210S (registry code 5180030, https://openairdocs.org/model/lindstrand-balloons-210s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LBL 210S
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 956 total, 950 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031005026359I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 5, 2003 AT 0915 LOCAL MST, A LINDSTRUM BALLOON MODEL 210S, N815LB REGISTERED TO RAINBOW RYDERS INC., COLLIDED WITH A THUNDER AX8-90 BALLOON BASKET, N786TC REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHILE ATTEMPTING A LANDING IN A FIELD NORTH OF OSUNA AVE. NW IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, WHILE ON A COMMERCIAL BALLOON FLIGHT. N786TC WAS UNOCCUPIED AND ON THE GROUND AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. A VFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD NOT BEEN FILED. N815LB WAS NOT DAMAGED, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE 10 PASSENGERS OR THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT. N786TC RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BASKET. ONE GROUND CREW REPORTED A MINOR BACK INJURY SUSTAINED WHILE TRYING TO PULL THE BASKET OF N786TC OUT OF THE PATH OF N815LB. THE 40 MINUTE FLIGHT OF N815LB ORIGINATED FROM THE ABQ FIESTA PARK ON 10/05/03.

## Other reports on N815LB (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20040428006299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040428006299I), Apr 28, 2004: Lbl 210S (N815LB), Rio Rancho, NM, Minor damage. (-23) On April 28, 2004, at 0800 MDT, a lindstrand balloons 210S, N815LB, registered to rainbow ryders, incorporated, struck a house on approach to landing at…

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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